Someone gave me a none working generator is suddenly stopped making electricity, Tail Gator. 600 to 900 watt, 6.5 max amps from Harbor Freight. I read about this generator online it is a brush-less generator. Looking into the end of the generator with a flash light I see 3 windings on the armature and no brushes. Wires are not burned or damaged.
Online info says, coils are wound then both ends of the wires are connected to each other. There are a few small magnets in the armature when armature spins the magnets produce a small amount of electricity just enough electricity to make coils in the armature become electro magnets this has a mushroom effect causing a larger magnet field making the generator start producing full power.
I found a wire to the capacitor was burned off so I repaired it with a new terminal for the capacitor. The capacitor has gotten hot it melted the plastic in a small spot near the terminal. Bad wire arcing the terminal probably make it get hot. Capacitor tests good on my meter.
I have about 35 motor run capacitors. I picked out 5 the correct value they all test good but when connected to the generator it still produces no electricity. When I say no electricity I mean not 600 watts. Generator makes enough power to make a 60 watt filament light bulbs flicker a orange color about 60v with less than 1 amp but no power to run an electric drill or other items like it should.
Online information claims the energizing magnets have lost their power the fix for this is to plug in an electric drill or hand grinder then spin the motor backwards by hand to generator electricity to the generator this will produce a magnet field to start it generator working again. This does not work and a dozen YouTube videos people claiming it does not work for them either.
I tested all the wires, circuit breaker, outlet, capacitor, 2 wired to generator meter reads wire resistance of the coils, I find nothing wrong. I have a bunch of rare earth N52 magnets I stuck them on the outside of the generator body, moved them to different places several time, that does nothing, I did not expect it world.
Anyone have an idea???
Online info says, coils are wound then both ends of the wires are connected to each other. There are a few small magnets in the armature when armature spins the magnets produce a small amount of electricity just enough electricity to make coils in the armature become electro magnets this has a mushroom effect causing a larger magnet field making the generator start producing full power.
I found a wire to the capacitor was burned off so I repaired it with a new terminal for the capacitor. The capacitor has gotten hot it melted the plastic in a small spot near the terminal. Bad wire arcing the terminal probably make it get hot. Capacitor tests good on my meter.
I have about 35 motor run capacitors. I picked out 5 the correct value they all test good but when connected to the generator it still produces no electricity. When I say no electricity I mean not 600 watts. Generator makes enough power to make a 60 watt filament light bulbs flicker a orange color about 60v with less than 1 amp but no power to run an electric drill or other items like it should.
Online information claims the energizing magnets have lost their power the fix for this is to plug in an electric drill or hand grinder then spin the motor backwards by hand to generator electricity to the generator this will produce a magnet field to start it generator working again. This does not work and a dozen YouTube videos people claiming it does not work for them either.
I tested all the wires, circuit breaker, outlet, capacitor, 2 wired to generator meter reads wire resistance of the coils, I find nothing wrong. I have a bunch of rare earth N52 magnets I stuck them on the outside of the generator body, moved them to different places several time, that does nothing, I did not expect it world.
Anyone have an idea???
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