wireing new outlet to military generator

[oklahomabob]

Hi all, first post. I have a military mep 016d diesel 3 kw generator. I bought a inlet panel on the web it has 4 120v inlets and a 120/208 4 prong twist in outlet. The wiring colors red,blk,blue,grey,grn. I have ran the red and black together hot. The grey to neutral, green to ground and blue not wired, capped off. I believe the red and blue are for 220v . Have I hooked it up wrong

 

[Slowgsr]

Yes - 208 is a 3ph voltage, what are the specs on your genny?

Youd need to match phase number to your genny unless its just 120v in which case your neutrals would be unbalanced terribly. Im sure your panel can be rewired to work with your generator by someone who knows what their doing

 

[oklahomabob]

3kw 60htz I only want to run 120 single phase from gen

 

[oklahomabob]

I'm hooking it up to transfer switch in house. do not need 3 phase or 220

 

[Rookie2]

Did you buy it from GMG ? They say its reconnectable !
http://greenmountaingenerators.com/...esel-generator-yanmar-l70-engine-old-mep016a/

 

[oklahomabob]

no garage sale

 

[Slowgsr]

On your generator output you should have black/white(maybe grey) and green

On the cord for your inlet panel tie black/blue/red together and connect that to the black of your generator. Then white-white and green-green

Do not use the 120/208v outlet on your transfer panel as you dont have 208 so it wont work properly

 

[Norcal]

I'm hooking it up to transfer switch in house. do not need 3 phase or 220

220 no longer exists. What kind of transfer switch do you have or are getting?

 

[Rookie2]

I'm hooking it up to transfer switch in house. do not need 3 phase or 220

You need to stop and determine what generator voltage you have. If its wired as 3 phase 208volt then you have three 1000 watt 120v outputs that only one can be used as 120v single phase unless you have the generator rewired (this is probably doable) You can use two legs and use 120/208v to feed a home panel. 2000 watts .

 

[toplessHO]

look at the generator leads box and report back if its a 9 lead etc

 

[oklahomabob]

the leads from gen 4 on lugs 4 of the leadsL0 ,l1,L2,lL3,L4 for 120v single phase , 120 v3 phase , 120/208v 220, 220v my transfer switch is reliance 31406 6 circuit with 30 amp inlet box. no 9 leads just red,blk.gry,blu. grey,grn the generator is a military mep016d 3kw all I want to knowis a single phase 120v wiring thanks guys for helping me

 

[oklahomabob]

L1 and L2 is 120v The new out let box is 4 120v 1 120/208 twist plug 4 prong. I don,t now where the blue red wires go from gen I know grey is grnd the hot is what and the neutral is what I have too many wires only want 120 single phase.

 

[Rookie2]

Take a look at this youtube

http://www.liberatedmanuals.com/

http://greenmountaingenerators.com/manuals-and-support/

 

[TheEquineFencer]

L1 and L2 is 120v The new out let box is 4 120v 1 120/208 twist plug 4 prong. I don,t now where the blue red wires go from gen I know grey is grnd the hot is what and the neutral is what I have too many wires only want 120 single phase.

You need to be looking at the wires that originate at the generator end and see if it's reconnectable. The 4 wires u are talking about come from a connection/junction block. "upstream" from that is where you reconnect for different voltages. Single phase is 120/240 (1)Ph for a normal house. meaning you have two "hots" a "N" and a "GRD".

There should be a diagram inside the cover on the generator.

 

[TheEquineFencer]

Have you put a meter on it to check the Hz? Does it say it's a 60Hz machine? It might be a 400Hz machine.

 

[TheEquineFencer]

http://greenmountaingenerators.com/...ional_Maintenance_Manual-TM-5-6115-615-12.pdf

http://cdn.greenmountaingenerators....anual-with-Trailer-TM-5-6115-640-14-and-P.pdf

 

[TheEquineFencer]

Take a look at this youtube

http://www.liberatedmanuals.com/

http://greenmountaingenerators.com/manuals-and-support/

Great post!

 

[TheEquineFencer]

Hi all, first post. I have a military mep 016d diesel 3 kw generator. I bought a inlet panel on the web it has 4 120v inlets and a 120/208 4 prong twist in outlet. The wiring colors red,blk,blue,grey,grn. I have ran the red and black together hot. The grey to neutral, green to ground and blue not wired, capped off. I believe the red and blue are for 220v . Have I hooked it up wrong

oklahomabob, LOL.....why don't you go back and read some of these??? It looks like you already have all the info you need, you just need to apply it or just give up and take it to someone that knows what the hell they are doing.

http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139623

http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140246

http://www.smokstak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140371

 

[oklahomabob]

what a way of wording your post , made me feel not welcome, thanks a lot bob

 

[TheEquineFencer]

well as lot of folks spend a lot of time looking info for you and you already have it. I was just being honest.

 

[oklahomabob]

Thank all of you for your help. I got it now

 

[TheEquineFencer]