Hello,
I have small StormCat 63cc gas generator that I bought for power backup some six years ago.
It has been broken in for some three hours and then stored in my garage until recent times when we start having outages here in NorCal.
When I pulled it and started engine it was not producing any power, I've used the drill trick to excite generator. After that it produces 60V only instead of 120 that is supposed to.
Next I've adjusted engine RPM and measured frequency at 60Hz, the output still 60Volts.
I've opened it up and checked Capacitor - it is ok, checked windings for short to ground and between them - both were ok with no short, also both windings have some resistance which looks good.
Now I am confused, what else can be faulty in this little beast? The diagram (attached) shows it has two windings one connected to capacitor and another to output. I'd trow it away but since the gas engine works perfectly it may worth some more troubleshooting.
Thank you in advance for help with this.
I have small StormCat 63cc gas generator that I bought for power backup some six years ago.
It has been broken in for some three hours and then stored in my garage until recent times when we start having outages here in NorCal.
When I pulled it and started engine it was not producing any power, I've used the drill trick to excite generator. After that it produces 60V only instead of 120 that is supposed to.
Next I've adjusted engine RPM and measured frequency at 60Hz, the output still 60Volts.
I've opened it up and checked Capacitor - it is ok, checked windings for short to ground and between them - both were ok with no short, also both windings have some resistance which looks good.
Now I am confused, what else can be faulty in this little beast? The diagram (attached) shows it has two windings one connected to capacitor and another to output. I'd trow it away but since the gas engine works perfectly it may worth some more troubleshooting.
Thank you in advance for help with this.
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