Honda 2000i Runs but no Power

mtofell1 wrote:
+/5 years old and this problems seems to be happening with more frequency. The unit starts and runs just fine but the green "power output" light is off and there is no power output. So, I turn it off and restart it and it produces power. Great.... but why is it doing this and I fear sometime it's just going to stop altogether. Several times I've had to stop/start 3-4X to get it to produce power. I'll likely just take it into a Honda dealer but in the meantime am curious what it going on.

Assuming there is nothing plugged into the gen when you start it, the inverter should come on. If you then overload the inverter, it will trip the breaker but the motor keeps running. Reset requires a restart of the motor.

Seems like your inverter is acting up at times, or the breaker is faulty so it sometimes thinks it is overloaded? The inverter gets its power from the "revolving field" of the engine at spec rpm.

If the rpm is not high enough or slows down while running, not enough "field". Is it running at full speed?