This is the beginning of our MEP-1050 generator project. We’re going to try and document our troubleshooting any issues we find and the repairs that were needed here in a series of posts.
The MEP-1050 is a 15 kW military generator we purchased off a government surplus company. How and why we decided to buy this is another story that maybe we can cover another time.
Our particular MEP-1050 arrived with some shipping damage so we may also document the process of dealing with the shipping companies – there were several – and the insurance companies.
Fortunately, as far as we can tell so far, is that the damage appears to be to the housing and not the internal components. Unfortunately there are not many companies in our area capable of fixing the damage and the new who can so far don’t seem to want to deal with it so we’ll see how this part of our adventure goes.
There are some other issues with the unit, it was a military surplus item after all. One is that the main 80 Amp DC supply circuit breaker is broken. Here is what that part looks like:
We have already ordered a new part and hopefully it will arrive in a day to two.
There is also a fault code 3665 being displayed. This code indicates a voltage misconfiguration. Trying to source good documentation for this generator is a little challenging but we found a website called Steel Soldiers – https://www.steelsoldiers.com – and have already gotten some tips from folks on there. I will dig into this fault code as soon as I get the new circuit breaker.
I think that is all I am going to post for now. We are really looking forward to continuing work on this project.