Posted: 10/24/2009 10:23:36 AM EDT
| Where is a good source? lookin for large military surplus like 15-20 k |
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Quoted: Quoted: Where is a good source? lookin for large military surplus like 15-20 k Just make sure your air quality board is okay with whatever you get. Here in Cali no more diesel gen sets without the proper muffler/convertor/filters. What the heck is an air quality board  Ive been looking for some surplus gensets on govliquidation, not much out there right now. You should be looking for an MEP-004a 15kw diesel. Whatever you buy make sure it is 60hz because there are a lot of 400hz units out there. Also consider most will be 3-phase in the kw range you want. 3-phase is no problem with 120v but you will only get 208v line-to-line and have to balance the load. Hope this helps |
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Quoted: Quoted: Where is a good source? lookin for large military surplus like 15-20 k Just make sure your air quality board is okay with whatever you get. Here in Cali no more diesel gen sets without the proper muffler/convertor/filters. Hey thanks for reminding me, I need more diesel fuel, and a few more cords of wood for winter. 
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| I do not remember the exact website, but Colemans surplus usually has quite a few of several sizes. Search for Colemans, I have done business with them several times with no complaints. I am aware of a couple 20+ kw diesel surplus generators being found with searches for government auctions as the search. They can be found, occasionally. Good luck, you may need to travel or pay shipping if you find a deal... |
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Where is a good source? lookin for large military surplus like 15-20 k Just make sure your air quality board is okay with whatever you get. Here in Cali no more diesel gen sets without the proper muffler/convertor/filters. What the heck is an air quality board
Ive been looking for some surplus gensets on govliquidation, not much out there right now. You should be looking for an MEP-004a 15kw diesel. Whatever you buy make sure it is 60hz because there are a lot of 400hz units out there. Also consider most will be 3-phase in the kw range you want. 3-phase is no problem with 120v but you will only get 208v line-to-line and have to balance the load. Hope this helps What is the advantage of the MEP-004a over some other similar sized generator? Or is that simply the military's designation of that sized generator? |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Where is a good source? lookin for large military surplus like 15-20 k Just make sure your air quality board is okay with whatever you get. Here in Cali no more diesel gen sets without the proper muffler/convertor/filters. What the heck is an air quality board Ive been looking for some surplus gensets on govliquidation, not much out there right now. You should be looking for an MEP-004a 15kw diesel. Whatever you buy make sure it is 60hz because there are a lot of 400hz units out there. Also consider most will be 3-phase in the kw range you want. 3-phase is no problem with 120v but you will only get 208v line-to-line and have to balance the load. Hope this helps What is the advantage of the MEP-004a over some other similar sized generator? Or is that simply the military's designation of that sized generator? It is a particular model that is built by several different companies, Onan being the most common. The mep-004a model is the most common 15kw I have seen on auction sites and usually goes for fairly cheap. I think it is 3-phase so keep that mind. I would personally get a couple MEP-002 5kw units because they are 120/220v and a bit smaller/ easier to handle. |
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GL is the way to go. Stay away from anything painted tan, it would be a good bet it saw the desert in 90-91.
An MEP-004, 15 kw liquid cooled genset, 3 phase has a 12 lead head and can be reconfigured to a low zig zag to make it single phase. you will lose approx 1/3 of the rated KW in doing so. 15 Kw is the 80% continous rating for the genset, it actually is about an 18Kw @ 100 %. You will need to run the genset @ aprox 35-40% load to get it hot enough to prevent wet stacking. (Google for great explaination). If this is for a house I would look at the MEP-003A's, 10 kw, 4 cyl air cooled diesels. The can produce both single and three phase. On the single phase 120/240 the will put out 54 amps @ 80%. I have one for the house ( 3800 sq) with both fridges, microwave, all the lights, tv, stereo, computer, and a 2.5 ton a/c unit going I was pulling 35 amps at the transfer switch and approx 66% on the loadmeter guage. The second a/c unit was shutoff in case the well pump kicked on. The MEP-003 will burn approx 1.1 gal per hr. Price wise I have seen MP-003's go anywhere from 700 - 800, all the way up to 3200.0. I bought mine for 900.00. I was told the civilian version of the MEP-003 from Onan was rated at 15kw, have not been able to verify yet., also the .mil had originally rated this genset @ 12.5 kw which is close to 80% of 15kw. If you want more indepth info shoot me a pm, be glad to help. Hope this helps. |
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Or saw the desert more recently.
Unless it belonged to a National Guard unit and has about ten hours on the clock, I would be scared to death of a military generator. I've seen too well how we tend to treat them. I had a trailer-mount 10K, or maybe it was a 15, that was run 24/7 for six months (it powered the HHC command post building) with only shutdowns for oil changes every week or so. I think we turned that one over as theater property, and I feel bad for whoever had it next. |
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Most 20yr + "green" guard or reserve equipment should have between 1,000 to 2, 000 hrs on it just doing 2 week summer camp for 20 yrs.
It's a good bet that any genset that has 10 hrs on the clock has had the hobbs changed. I love these guys that buy a "85 CUCV and swear it only has 5,000 miles on it.
I try to cherry pick guard or reserve equipment from these auctions. Alot of the equipment still has PANG or NJANG (as examples) stenciled on them. They are usually very well maintained by AGR motor pools and the equipment has been with the same unit for years. Up until last year my AVN unit still had CUCV's that were there when I got to the unit in the early 90's. Now one sits in my garage. Just remember, don't buy tan. |