No electrical output on yamaha

[Fresno_Tundra_D]

On my 10 year old yamaha 3000 with boost I have no electrical output. What would cause that? Do they have something like a voltage regulator that goes bad? Anybody have any experience with a gennie of any kind that stops sending out electricity. One thing of interest though is that when I plug in my cell phone charger with cell phone it gets electricity. When I plug in a hair dryer it works only on high speed but not on low speed. When I plug in a coffee maker I get nothing, not even the flashing "12:00". All thoughts and ideas are appreciated .

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Being cheap I would want a second or even third opinion that a rotor and stator "went bad".

On a real (large) gen set, the thought of something like this happening is absurd. Jesús has been running the Kubota day and night now for six days. Tropical storms dropped 2 miles of poles and CFE cannot stand them upright in the swamp. Guess who gets to pay for the diesel 😞

[Fresno_Tundra_D]

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Car $35,000

Buy individual parts to assemble car yourself $325,000

Manufacturers -count on- making a good profit from repair parts in order to buff their gross sales profits.

I've often had that same thought as well. It's absolutely true and absolutely ridiculous!!

[MEXICOWANDERER]

Car $35,000

Buy individual parts to assemble car yourself $325,000

Manufacturers -count on- making a good profit from repair parts in order to buff their gross sales profits.

[mlts22]

I've seen someone have a portable crane (similar to what hunters use for getting cow/horse carcasses in and out of a truck bed) and use that to get their generator in and out without killing the back. At ~300 pounds full, the 6500 isn't going to be light, so a ramp or a hoist will be necessary.

As for the two Honda eu2000i generators, if you have a surface that you can bolt stuff to, I'd take a look at the LowPro LockDown generator mount for the eu2000i models. You unscrew the rubber feet on the generator, attach the top bracket, bolt the bottom bracket to a secure surface, plop the brackets together, lock with a hockey puck lock, and call it done. Cutting the handles won't do a thing. Of course, with the two Hondas, you can get an extended run tank for both of them as well.

[nadkaw1957]

I built a ramp to roll mine into the bed of the truck and I have it locked to one of the bed rings with a 3/8 cable and bullet proof padlock. The tailgate also locks, so it would be fairly difficult to steal it, although I'm sure it could be done if someone really wants to. I can run mine on economy all day and part of the next before I have to refill the tank, and even running it full on for the A/C, it's pretty stingy with the gas.
One option I did consider before I bought Yamaha was the Powerhouse Professional PH3100ri. It's a little louder (a few dB) but is MUCH less expensive and comes with a remote starter built in. I don't know much about their reliability, so maybe someone here can put in their two cents.

[Fresno_Tundra_D]

Yeah I got those comments about how quiet it was as well. I loved that Yamaha! Regarding the honda 6500, that is more then I need and I would imagine even more of a beast to move then my yamaha. Having that remote start is nice so I can see why you stayed with Yamaha. Right now I'm leaning towards two honda 2000 watts. My only concerns are their small gas tanks and how easy they must be to steal.

[nadkaw1957]

Fresno Tundra Driver wrote:

nadkaw1957 wrote:
I had a similar situation with my Yamaha 3000. After 9 years, when I started it, it made an unusual noise and there was no output. After research and finding out the cost of repair could be in the 1200 - 1500 range, I opted for a new one altogether.

Now that I'm in the market for a new one I'd be curious to hear from someone who had a similar experience. Did you go with another identical yamaha? Getting fewer hours then I expected, I'm tempted to go with Honda(s) this time.

I did - except that my first Yamaha wasn't an SEB model (no boost). One of the main reasons I did was that I had already spent the money on a wireless remote starter for the original one. I was able to just transfer that to the new one. I've had many people stop and comment on quiet it is - barely noticeable with the tailgate on the truck closed. It's not unusual for it to run from 8 in the morning until 8 or so at night.

[mlts22]

I also have a Yamaha 3000 iSE (no battery boost.) I've found it is a quality unit, but for parts, I've had to pay almost as much for shipping as the actual part. Things like the fuel "filter" for example. Service? Almost all places I talked to ship their units somewhere else, so it might be months before it comes back. I like Yamaha, but because of the parts/service issue, if I were to spend the premium dollars, I would go red next time.

Were I to do it again, if I'm not using a rig with a built in genset, I'd probably be considering a Honda EU6500iS which has the same noise rating as a 2000 watt Honda, except a slight increase in output capacity (5500 watts sustained.) The 6500 watt Honda is heavy, but my 3000 watt Yammy isn't a featherweight either.

So far, my Yamaha generator has performed flawlessly, and has about 1000 hours on it, so I'm hoping it keeps going.

[Fresno_Tundra_D]

nadkaw1957 wrote:
I had a similar situation with my Yamaha 3000. After 9 years, when I started it, it made an unusual noise and there was no output. After research and finding out the cost of repair could be in the 1200 - 1500 range, I opted for a new one altogether.

Now that I'm in the market for a new one I'd be curious to hear from someone who had a similar experience. Did you go with another identical yamaha? Getting fewer hours then I expected, I'm tempted to go with Honda(s) this time.

[nadkaw1957]

I had a similar situation with my Yamaha 3000. After 9 years, when I started it, it made an unusual noise and there was no output. After research and finding out the cost of repair could be in the 1200 - 1500 range, I opted for a new one altogether.

[Fresno_Tundra_D]

Yeah thanks, It did come with that manual. The only help it provided was to show me the location of the one fuse the unit has by the battery. The fuse was fine.

[enblethen]

You may already have this manual.
I would be looking at a replacement and not repair at the price you are quoted.
Might look on ebay for parts, but what parts?
Manual

[Fresno_Tundra_D]

I was just told by a Yamaha service rep. that this unit has no brushes on the alternator. He said most likely it sounds like either the power and or control unit. He said it was one big unit that included the voltage regulator and stater/ windings etc. He told me the replacement unit is $1200-1300 and another 200+ in labor. Ouch! I only paid 1200 for the generator(with less then 1 hour on it) and got 10 years with it but I expected more then the 160 hours I got. Maybe it's time to start looking for a new one. So disappointing...

[Fresno_Tundra_D]

Thanks for the information thus far. It is an inverter type. It is the EF3000iSEB. Do any of you know how much to repair it if say it is the inverter itself or maybe the brushes? I'm trying to figure out if maybe it's time to start looking at new generators. This one has been trouble free until recently and now has about 160 hours on it which, to me, doesn't seem like a lot.