07-07-2016, 06:40 PM
As many of you know I have been having generator issues. When the temperature of the genset box rose I would begin to lose voltage on line 2. If the outside temperature was hot the problem was exacerbated. I changed voltage regulators , and contact boxes. Several people were convinced it was the power head.
Well today while in 100 degree heat the breaker that protected the voltage regulator tripped and would not reset. So improvised with a 10 amp auto fuse.. All of the sudden no matter what temperature the box was I had full voltage. No one had ever heard of one of those breakers going bad but when the breaker got hot it was losing voltage and "flapping" causing the Voltage drop.
I was about to spend 3k on a power head when all it needed was a 20 cent new fuse.
Well today while in 100 degree heat the breaker that protected the voltage regulator tripped and would not reset. So improvised with a 10 amp auto fuse.. All of the sudden no matter what temperature the box was I had full voltage. No one had ever heard of one of those breakers going bad but when the breaker got hot it was losing voltage and "flapping" causing the Voltage drop.
I was about to spend 3k on a power head when all it needed was a 20 cent new fuse.
Marc Newman
Formerly Newell 422, 507, 512 701