Microwave doesn't work on the genny....
It is quite strange actually... It has power and turntable rotates but it doesn't cook. Get to the campground, plug in, and it works fine. I can't imagine that a 4500 watt gen won't run a microwave...
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rgatijnet1 wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:rgatijnet1 wrote:
That little cheap Kill-A-Watt meter will tell you exactly what your frequency is.
Yes it will... When one is available. ;)
Yes, it is hard to find a Home Depot, Lowes, Amazon, etc. Why guess at what the problem is when for $20 you can find out exactly?
How about because the last time I used a microwave to adjust a generator I was 15 miles back in the woods on hiking trip and helped the Forest Service spotter at a fire watch tower get her generator running closer to specs? I don't carry a Kill-A-Watt in my hiking pack, and I wasn't about to run out and get one. ;)
Even where we are right now, it's about 50 miles to the nearest town with a store likely to carry the meter if I didn't have one with me. Adjusting a generator without a volt/freq meter at hand is only intended as an interim fix until the proper test equipment is on hand to make the final adjustments. Kind of like back in the old days when we gapped points and plugs with a cardboard matchbook cover. One thickness for points, two for plugs. Close enough to get you home...
I understand what you are saying but I would not suggest that the OP start adjusting his generator without finding out first if that is the problem. Of course I am assuming that he is not out in the middle of nowhere. He may be messing with a generator, that is working fine and well within specs, that was not the problem. Playing with the adjustments may damage other equipment before there is an opportunity to get the generator properly calibrated. From his post, it didn't appear to be an emergency situation.
No worries...it is not an emergency at all. I plan on an oil change on the genny this spring and will grab one of these meters to set everything when I do that. I don't boondock but noticed this at a rest stop on the road when I went to nuke a samich
