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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    They are very hard to find used and in good condition, especially fully set up with all that stuff. It definitely wouldn’t last long before someone snatched it up. Again that’s really a pro setup but makes the job so much easier/faster.
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Yes very likely it will be quite expensive to sand blast and powder coat it all again. If you have cars that get dinged, bumped, lightly scratched, etc then that buffer setup I linked to will make short work of that and this generator job too. Again there is an investment but the compound lasts...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Totally your call, just may be hard to get it evened out with it all assembled. Heck if it was apart you could even take it to be powder coated too (you can even change the color if you wanted). Anyway at the very least I would try the 3M compound (use a different pad for each compound grit) and...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Honestly the easiest way to do that would be to completely remove the sheet metal, sand/buff everything then reinstall it all again. I use a buffer like this and it makes quick work of paint cutting/buffing. https://www.amazon.com/Makita-9237C-7-Inch-Polisher-Sander/dp/B00LA6M64G Quick...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Great job on that and it was smart to replace the capacitor because they do wear out over time. Should keep everything running well in the future. I also like the meters you have mounted on both legs (I have one too but due to limited space it just shows voltage or frequency on one leg).
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    I agree. Most good generators have a way to go from bonded to unbonded (often just removing a screw internally) but I’ve never seen one from the factory switched that way.
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    So the voltage didn’t drop as long as you kept it loaded? What was the range you saw? That frequency should help keep everything happy.
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    I have the same thing on my generator I built, very handy in case you need it to be portable or to use it on a jobsite. Does need a label to make sure you know which is bonded and which isn’t.
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Great update and alot of testing and work on it for sure. I would definitely make some adjustments so that your frequency never falls below 60hz and also that voltage drop is a killer for any circuit boards so not sure if there’s an adjustment for voltage regulation on the generator head or not...
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    HUGE RUMOR: Unifi Protect will support ONVIF cameras (like from HIK/Dahua)

    A few years ago the offerings weren’t nearly as good (G3, G4, G5 series) but the introduction of the AI Pro and G6 models have been quite a game changer. The 3rd party cameras still have a bit of an edge (ex only the expensive AI Pro has optical zoom) but that gap closed dramatically with their...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    I can’t really find anything on that specific unit other than this: GENERATOR • Marathon Electric® Brushless • 6 kW standby output • 120/240 VAC – 50/25A • +/-6% capacitor voltage regulation Too bad you’re not closer or I’d let you borrow my power meter to check it out. That’s the only real...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    The problem isn’t so much voltage regulation (higher voltage is always better than too low for circuit boards) as it is THD (how close the AC generated power sine wave is to being a perfect sine wave). Now smaller portable generators usually vary wildly on THD but these larger units are usually...
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    That’s exactly what I was going to use if I switched over to diesel, those things run forever on fumes so as long as you can get by with 6kw then you’re golden. For $1200 that was a steal.
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    Experience with Unifi Protect and UNVR Pro

    My hats off to you, sounds like you really went above and beyond for her. Funny how it’s often the rich folks that cheap out and sometimes end up spending much more than if they had just done it right from the start.
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    Experience with Unifi Protect and UNVR Pro

    I have no time for that stuff, that would have received a huge PITA charge for sure. Folks like that are never happy no matter how good your install was.
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