MitchG
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I have a couple of questions for anyone with experience with the 3kw gensets. I finally got around to trying to fire up the 3kw genset that is on the steamcleaner that I just got. I finally got her to fire off but she won't stay running unless I hold the throttle open by hand. It looks like the solenoid is not retracting. I tried cranking the hand throttle and it looks like it's not pulling the throttle. It's almost like the knob is turning and the handle is coming out but it's not pulling the cable to increase the throttle. Sorta like it's missing some kind of stay or something.
The battery was dry as a bone and completely dead. I put some water in it and used a slave cable to jump it from the deuce. Could the dead battery be causing problems with the solenoid? Just wondering what the next item to check on that is? Maybe the DC control breaker isn't working causing the solenoid not to retract? Any ideas on the most obvious things to check would be appreciated. I have the manual and will be doing some more work with it this weekend.
Last, any ideas on the throttle knob? Anyone know what I need to be looking at to make sure it is working properly?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!!
The battery was dry as a bone and completely dead. I put some water in it and used a slave cable to jump it from the deuce. Could the dead battery be causing problems with the solenoid? Just wondering what the next item to check on that is? Maybe the DC control breaker isn't working causing the solenoid not to retract? Any ideas on the most obvious things to check would be appreciated. I have the manual and will be doing some more work with it this weekend.
Last, any ideas on the throttle knob? Anyone know what I need to be looking at to make sure it is working properly?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!!