Posted: 8/7/2009 7:01:14 PM EDT
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I own 2 Honda eu20001's. I love these quiet fuel efficient little red buggers. My neighbor buys and resells stuff lots of stuff from DRMO and he got two pressure washers and a eu2000i from his last haul. He gave me the eu2000i for fixing a pressure washer from the two bad ones.
Full disclosure though the gift genny doesn't generate right now, it runs, but no power . It is however a complete spare. 
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Try this on the nonworking Gen Set
RE-ENERGIZING DEAD GENERATORS Home generators in storage can "go flat" or lose their magnetism. Then they will not produce electricity, even though the small gasoline engine turning them is running just fine. There is a simple way to fix that, however. Large generators (like hydro power units) lose their magnetism very quickly: that is the reason Gary North says that if the grid goes down completely for 2 weeks it may well stay down: the power needed to re-energize the generators might not be available. It takes electricity of the correct voltage and frequency to reestablish the magnetism in the generator to produce electricity. As many people now have generators in storage and may not use them until the "normal" electric grid is well and truly trashed, knowing how to get a generator re-magnetized could be very handy information. Field Flashing Using an Electric Drill This tip comes from the Briggs & Stratton Customer Education Department. As an alternative to flashing a rotor winding with a battery applied to the brushes, an electric drill may be used. Follow these steps to flash the generator: * Plug the electric drill into the generator receptacle. (Cordless drills do not work) * If the drill is reversible, move the direction switch to the forward position. * Start the generator * While depressing the trigger on the drill, spin the drill chuck in reverse direction. This will excite the field and the generator will now produce electricity. If spinning the chuck one direction does not work, try spinning the chuck in the other direction as you may have the reverse switch positioned backwards. Use caution not to get your hand or other materials caught in the chuck. As soon as the field is excited, the generator will produce power and the drill will turn on. The reason this works is because the electric motor in the drill will act as a small generator when spun backwards. The magnets in the drill's motor induce a voltage into the motor windings, which is fed back through the trigger, cord and into the generators receptacle. From there it goes into the power winding of the stator. The voltage going through the power winding creates a magnetic field, which is intensified due to the iron core of the stator laminations. The rotor intersects this magnetic field as it is spun past the power winding, thus inducing a voltage in the rotor winding. Once current flow is present in the rotor winding the rotor has been flashed. If flashing the field does not make the generator work, you may have additional problems, besides a lack of magnetism in the rotor. Further testing will be needed. Hopefully, this will give a simple way to field flash your generator if needed Hope this works for you Falcon |
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wow, thanks for that info!
I have seen a couple generators listed recently that are reported to run fine but no electricity. I intended to study up on it to see if they could be repaired... If the above doesn't work, how much might it cost to fix one (if anybody knows)? |