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dragonflyspit
Explorer
Jul 13, 2013

Short Lifespan of Harbor Freight 800 watt Generators

I'm wondering if someone knows why these cheap little generators put out fewer and fewer watts over their little 100 to 150 hour lifespans. I've run through about ten of them. Every one of them ha...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Jul 13, 2013
dragonflyspit wrote:
2oldman wrote:
Sounds like cheap generator windings. You've gone thru 10? You are persistent.
What are generator windings? Is it something like the copper wire in an alternator?
Yes, an alternator is pretty much the same thing. I'm sure someone else knows more than I,but I'm thinking those windings need to be in close tolerance or things don't work too well.

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