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re: Small generator maintenance
Posted on 9/7/21 at 2:10 pm to Chad504boy
Posted on 9/7/21 at 2:10 pm to Chad504boy
Two ways to do this if your generator doesn't produce voltage after you start it. One requires you to wear leather gloves and have really strong wrists. The other requires you to cut the male end of a cheap extension cord off and strip the ends of the wires back about a 1/4 inch.
The glove method: Take a 120 volt drill and plug into the running generator. Pull the trigger full and then turn the chuck with your free hand. This will cause the drill motor to induce a magnetic field and re-excite your generator coil. When it happens the drill will come to life and might sprain your wrist(s).
The cut off extension cord method just requires you plug the cord into a 120 volt outlet on the generator. Generator should be running, but sometimes this works without starting it first. Touch a 9 volt dc battery to the stripped wires of the extension cord, polarity doesn't matter.
Either method will work. Good luck, and be strong if you use the drill method.
The glove method: Take a 120 volt drill and plug into the running generator. Pull the trigger full and then turn the chuck with your free hand. This will cause the drill motor to induce a magnetic field and re-excite your generator coil. When it happens the drill will come to life and might sprain your wrist(s).
The cut off extension cord method just requires you plug the cord into a 120 volt outlet on the generator. Generator should be running, but sometimes this works without starting it first. Touch a 9 volt dc battery to the stripped wires of the extension cord, polarity doesn't matter.
Either method will work. Good luck, and be strong if you use the drill method.
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Posted on 9/7/21 at 2:14 pm to LsuFan_1955
Lol glad someone else knows about this, and you are right the drill method can make the wrist pop so don’t use your “happy alone time wrist”
Last time I did this, I held the drill, while someone else started the generator for me
Last time I did this, I held the drill, while someone else started the generator for me
This post was edited on 9/7/21 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 9/8/21 at 9:08 am to LsuFan_1955
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The glove method: Take a 120 volt drill and plug into the running generator. Pull the trigger full and then turn the chuck with your free hand. This will cause the drill motor to induce a magnetic field and re-excite your generator coil. When it happens the drill will come to life and might sprain your wrist(s).
The cut off extension cord method just requires you plug the cord into a 120 volt outlet on the generator. Generator should be running, but sometimes this works without starting it first. Touch a 9 volt dc battery to the stripped wires of the extension cord, polarity doesn't matter.
Either method will work. Good luck, and be strong if you use the drill method.
Thanks gonna try one of these.
My Coleman power mate quit producing electricity. YouTube mechanics were talking it apart and flashing it. Looked like a pain.
Subaru motor on it runs like a dream. Bought before Katrina and it was flawless until this week.
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