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Alternator exciter - bad pin
Coolant gauge - bad pin
coolant + oil + whatever else - bad ground. potential between the ground lug inside the cabinet and slave port is a whopping 4.5 volts.
Par for a '94 Libby that has evidence of many field repairs to the harness I suppose.
Alright. its been a while but my initial hunch to 'put the batteries in and retest' was correct. Putting the batteries inside the gen instead of using my mobile 24v jump cart solved the starting issues.
The generator overloaded after about 25 minutes at 10kw. Joy S8 time. I forgot to grab...
Thanks for the direction. So I havent gotten far however I have made some progress.
Relays all test good using a halogen lamp. Also brought a different brand out of a known runner.
Chasing down the items Guyfang suggested I get some interesting results. Volt drop is more than I would expect...
Ive been working on 1 particular unit for a little bit now after taking care of the engine side of things on an 803a. I can hear everybody now, yes I am running through the -24 and related docs. I normally wouldnt post if it wasnt some weird compound issue, or maybe my brain lacking direction /...