Onan Generator, quits after start.. Update

Sam Spade wrote:

chucl66 wrote:
wimpa4K, checked breaker. Flipped off and on, no luck.
May need new, will try that.

In another thread somewhere, someone proposed that folks be BANNED from asking electrical questions if they don't own a multi-meter.

This seems to me to be a good example of why.
Please do NOT just start changing out parts based only on a wild guess.

Sorting through all the replies so far, it would appear that "no voltage output" is the most likely culprit but that a breaker problem is NOT the likely cause. A simple voltage measurement might save you a LOT of time and money.

Well, one must admit that a lot of questions are very vague, with no knowledge or means for following any kind of troubleshooting procedure, that might be suggested. I call it....chasing ghosts in a windstorm....but having said that, when everything else has been said and done, throwing parts at it can still be much cheaper than paying a so called professional. Many of these types change out parts as well, with the difference being that they don't remove or give the customer the old ones that are still perfectly good for having a spare. Did I also mention being charged for them all, plus labor?
As for the OP's problem and using a good meter, if excitation voltage isn't present, while cranking, then that's most likely the problem, but if you have a Generac, like mine, it doesn't care about any kind of voltage output and glad that it doesn't for making troubleshooting much easier. I mean, I'd like for the engine to run without consideration to what the generator itself might be doing.