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Generator question
Posted on 2/16/21 at 7:04 am
Posted on 2/16/21 at 7:04 am
So I've got a rigid 7500 watt generator, power goes off this morning at - 12.5 degrees. I go crank it up runs fine. Get extension cord run into the house very everything hooked up running fine. Wife decides she wants the dog moved inside from his 65 degree heated dog house.. So I go back outside and unplug extension cord get the dog. Move cords around in the house to go thru another door because wife wanted that too. Go back out to hook up extension cord to generator, still running. Plug it all in... No power. No breaker flipped just no power at all.. Tried different cords. Nothing.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
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Posted on 2/16/21 at 7:07 am to hawgndodge
quote:
Any ideas
Make your wife sleep outside.
Could be a bunch of different things. Breaker trip is the only one that's easy to fix if you're not a generator guy.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 7:12 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I would ask your wife for an answer since this was all her idea.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 7:21 am to hawgndodge
My IT guy always ask did you turn it off then back on and even when I I say I did he does it again.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 7:39 am to hawgndodge
Plug something directly into gen, troubleshooting is all about process of elimination
Posted on 2/16/21 at 7:41 am to hawgndodge
There's a breaker on the generator itself. Did you check that?
Posted on 2/16/21 at 7:42 am to Redlos
quote:
Plug something directly into gen, troubleshooting is all about process of elimination
This is good advice.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 8:15 am to Redlos
quote:
Plug something directly into gen, troubleshooting is all about process of elimination
Yep. Keep it simple
Posted on 2/16/21 at 8:24 am to Redlos
Tried that.
Ended up the gfci had flipped. Best guess is snow got in the plugs while I was dragging them around, we got 9.5 inches Monday.
Ended up the gfci had flipped. Best guess is snow got in the plugs while I was dragging them around, we got 9.5 inches Monday.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 8:47 am to hawgndodge
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Ended up the gfci had flipped.
Exactly what I thought happened.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 8:52 am to gumbeaux
And now it just keeps flipping. Done it 3 times now.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 8:54 am to CheEngineer
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when I I say I did he does it again.
Because he checked the logs and realized you lied. And then poof it magically works.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 8:55 am to hawgndodge
Well, you have a ground fault.
Is the thing covered in snow/water?
Is the thing covered in snow/water?
Posted on 2/16/21 at 9:00 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Or the GFCI is worn out
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:06 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
No. It's in a storage building with door open
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:07 am to thejudge
That would make sense
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:29 am to hawgndodge
Is it a GFCI or just a breaker?
Posted on 2/16/21 at 10:36 am to hawgndodge
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Or the GFCI is worn out
This happens a lot. If your GFCI is old or it has flipped a few times it may not hold. The only thing you can do is change it or find a different circuit.
Posted on 2/16/21 at 11:07 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Gfci
Posted on 2/16/21 at 12:02 pm to hawgndodge
Do you have fuses? Check those, if so.
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