Help needed with Honda EX-650 generator
Some time ago, I acquired a Honda ex650 generator that is in very good condition over all. I'd never had any need to use it until we had lost power in the house one day. My son was doing laundry, and ...
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2oldman wrote:
I think you're a bit undereducated on what a generator is capable of running. A clothes dryer is a whopping big load.
Sounds like it was pumping out TOO much voltage if it's burning things up. For curiosity's sake I'd start it up and put a voltmeter on it. Make sure the AC setting on the meter is around 500 volts.
A condenser and a capacitor (not compacitor) are the same thing, according to my somewhat limited electronics education.
Thanks 2oldman. You'd be correct regarding me being a "bit undereducated" regarding generators. Probably even more than that. Don't have a voltmeter; and never used one. Not a mechanical type of person. Was looking for some mechanical, repair type of advice. Would a defective condenser/capacitor cause those types issues or damage. Would the Honda representative be correct regarding the "Flashing", or are the Flashing issue and the condenser/capacitor issue the same. Because I probably will never use it, I was thinking about just getting it repaired, and then selling it. I understand that these were very nice little generators.
