With the recent power outages, we were one of the few who never lost power. I was really lucky since I did not prepare ahead of time. First my generator was about 40 miles away and hadn't been ran in some time.
Second, it took some carburetor cleaning etc, but I finally got it going.
Third: luckily, i decided to put a load on it yesterday and discovered that it was not putting out any power.
After searching youtube and doing some troubleshooting, I learned that sometimes the magnets lose their charge and a small voltage has to be put in to "excite " them.
One way suggested is to hook up a 110V drill, and while it is running, depress the trigger on the drill and rapidly rotate the drill chuck backwards.
Although I was somewhat suspicious, I gave it a try today and it worked. The drill took off . I measured the voltage and was getting 98-99 Volts. But I believe this is due to the rpms being a little low.
I know it sounds strange. I wish I had videoed it.
Some comments on the video say it doesn't work, but it did work for me. My next step is to get the RPM's adjusted properly.
Second, it took some carburetor cleaning etc, but I finally got it going.
Third: luckily, i decided to put a load on it yesterday and discovered that it was not putting out any power.
After searching youtube and doing some troubleshooting, I learned that sometimes the magnets lose their charge and a small voltage has to be put in to "excite " them.
One way suggested is to hook up a 110V drill, and while it is running, depress the trigger on the drill and rapidly rotate the drill chuck backwards.
Although I was somewhat suspicious, I gave it a try today and it worked. The drill took off . I measured the voltage and was getting 98-99 Volts. But I believe this is due to the rpms being a little low.
I know it sounds strange. I wish I had videoed it.
Some comments on the video say it doesn't work, but it did work for me. My next step is to get the RPM's adjusted properly.
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