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Posted by ransley on July 3, 2008, 8:31 pm
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> generator is honda gx390, 6600w / surge 8000, northerntool pro series 800=
0, unit has
> total running hours under 30.
>
> had it connected to load and suspect the ground post connection wire was =
not properly
> connected to post at other end, ie. bad ground connection may have caused=
it to turn
> off.
>
> after running it on about 2000-2500w load for 30 minutes, lights flickere=
d inside
> couple times and then shut off, there were no motors running or starting =
at the time,
> just couple inside lights, fridge, tv and radio, small a/c unit which use=
s only 1000w,
> nothing else was running.
>
> when I ran to the generator, could detect a faint electric burn odor and =
now suspect I
> may have damaged the automatic voltage regulator.
>
> it restarted fine (I did not reconnect to load) and I got 240/120 output =
voltage from
> the connection plug but did not want to put it back on load for fear of m=
aking things
> worse (?)
>
> is the AVR easy to diagnose and replace? how sensitive are the hondas or =
generators in
> having the proper ground post connection, if that was the cause of the sh=
ut down?
The Gen ground post , one on the unit you wire to a ground? is to
protect you incase its raining or it malfunctions and you go to shut
it off, I move mine while the unit runs, if it doesnt work it is
another issue, like defect.
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