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i have that exact breaker box. If you install the green bonding screw in the breaker box, then remove the bond from the generator. if you leave the bonding screw out of the breaker box, then keep the bond in the generator. I suspect both are electrically the same, but one may be codified...

regardless of dyno or synthetic, is an annual oil change the best bet or is that even necessary for a low use generator? I doubt I will ever hit the 250 hours recommended oil change interval in a single year.

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Spent a little time last night. Got some angled supports added to the legs of the stand, long side only, still need to do the short side. Should add quite a bit of lateral stability. Also centered the generator and bolted it to the stand. Still need to add some hurricane anchors and wire it...

course, none of this should be a problem with the MOV across the quad winding outputs, right? So a $0.05 item protects a $20,000 generator.

10-4, I bet that is easy to get to and cheap to have rewound.

that makes sense. so if the A1 burns out and the quad winding burns out, why can't you use something like a sx460 regulator and power it from the main stator output? the field flash circuit would initiate the field in the exciter and thereby generating main output powering the VR which could...

Can someone explain this to me a little better? In the OP article, it states that the quad windings circuit is cooked by the fault, without the fuse. In link from Hard Head, it is the exciter windings, which overheat due to the AVR getting fried by the quad windings voltage and allowing too...

I got a 12 circuit breaker box rigged with the cable that came with the trailer, and a surplus center generator panel. It is temporary till I can find a suitable housing for the three gen panels, i'm thinking a cooler or toolbox. Anyway, I've got the one panel wired up, I'll throw a space...

1. Thank you for your service. 2. thanks for sharing, interesting path you've taken, bet its been an adventure

that's pretty slick

i put a 220 ohm resistor in series with the pot to get 5kohm exact. That gave me an output voltage of a little more than 220. The only thing I can think of, is that the voltage regulator has drifted, as a result of the bumps while unloading from the trailer. right or wrong, I adjusted the...

he may be talking about my two 803a's with the voltage reading low with the adjustment knob at max

Potentiometer

I remember back in '92 when we had snow on the ground in North Florida. Got to build a snowman. Too young to remember any real disaster which came of it.

that was for me :) I've been staring at the schematics for a little while. This may be a bit of stream of consciousness... When running normally, the voltage regulator will vary the resistance across pins 5&6(the exciter stator) which will control the magnetic field produced by the exciter...

thanks for the reply. will report back with more later.

I did check the R1s from lug 2 on the A1 to the wire removed from lug 1 on A1. I'll get a look at the part numbers on R1 when I get home. I checked the voltage on both sets, when they were both still installed on the power plant trailer, when that trailer was on my equipment trailer. I also...

Guy, any thoughts on the pots or adjusting the voltage regulator? post #63

not yet, beyond plugging a fan into the convenience outlet. I was concerned that a load might somehow amplify the voltage issue or damage other components if something were wrong. I'm also trying to not start them too much until I get the fuses and holders in for the quad winding modification.