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Posted by on March 7, 2008, 11:53 am
Please log in for more thread options > On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:42:36 -0800 (PST), free...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Hello, I am having problems with my generator. =A0It is on an automatic
> >transfer switch and it is very unreliable about if it will run. =A0It is
> >like there is something defective or lose inside the "brain" that will
> >not allow it to function properly. =A0It will complain of low oil and
> >then turn off after a few minutes of running. =A0There is nothing wrong
> >with the oil, it is SO clean you can barely see it. =A0One time the
> >electrician tightened some connections and the next time the power
> >went out everything ran fine for hours. =A0This has been going on for 2
> >years. =A0Last year the company told us the machine must have been hit
> >by lightning and had us replace some circuit board, but it continues
> >to be unreliable. =A0I am very upset with this company and am on the
> >verge of putting this thing in the back of my truck and driving it
> >back to where ever they are and staying in their office until they
> >give me my money back! =A0This is a 21KW generator that should not have
> >any issues. =A0Does anyone have any thoughts? =A0I am at my whits end on
> >how to solve this. =A0TIA, ACS
>
> Ever thought of unplugging the low oil sensor? =A0If the unit works
> flawlessly with it unplugged, it is obviously bad. =A0If it doesn't work
> at all, it may be that the unit won't work witht the sensor unplugged.
> If that is the case, I'd probably spend the money on a new sensor just
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I will ask my electrician about this. I am not sure it is possible,
since everything seems to be integrated in the computer "information"
center. As a programmer I am ready to figure out how to hack in there
and re-program it. ACS
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