When your generator lets you down

My generator failed to make power at first but I get it working.
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[@MA-fm5ls]

Never fails. Something always needs fixing when its freezing cold!!

[@DLHFarms]

Yep

[@FishFind3000]

It seems that’s always when I have to do work on the cars.

[@Poppi2006]

As a retired electrical engineer, I’m watching too many KZbin videos by farmers/ranchers/construction/metal machinists (jpaydirt, guy in wy, bcbloc02, abom79, letsdig18). You guys always refer to your equipment by the model number (1910, PC40, ZD331, CAT D8T). When I drive down the road and see an excavator, I now look for brand and model number. By the way, I was very impressed that you only had to jump one thing to get to your Generac. The satisfaction of good preventative maintenance feels great in cold weather.

[@DLHFarms]

Lol my wife hates that I use the numbers on the equipment she wants everything to have a name.

[@brinkme1772]

1.5 gal/hr is not bad ... especially when you compare that to a NG/LP standby and start doing a cost analysis. Your setup is the way to go!

[@DLHFarms]

I think it's great for my situation. I already have the tractors to run it because of my hay operation. The unit was used and only cost 3k. So what if I have to set it up. If the power is out for a couple hours who cares I wouldn't even bother with it but when it's out for days it's nice to know your prepared.

[@MrHowieZ1973]

About halfway through this video, I would have blown myself up. Nice to have a backup generator. Farmers are the original preppers. Ready for anything. lol

[@DLHFarms]

Lol no you would have done just fine.

[@billwilson2512]

Well done Denis I knew you could fix the Generac generator!!!

[@DLHFarms]

I sure did thanks Bill!

[@kpdvw]

install an external 12 VDC connection for exiting/flashing the Generator, no more pulling off the cover! Set Frequency to 60 Hertz, Voltage to 123 VAC under Load

[@evilgoodness1]

just run a wire to the battery on the tractor and put a cgb on the enclosure of the generator.....

[@dustinadams9136]

I feel bad for you, ice is the worst I'd rather have snow. Hope everything straightens out for you soon.

[@DLHFarms]

It's was completely gone 2 days later.

[@marhuf]

I'm glad you got the generator running without any major problems and had power till they got the main power restored. Dennis, I wish I had a dollar for every time I wanted everything to go smoothly, but never does, it would make a real nice nest egg(lol).

[@DLHFarms]

Lol I know what you mean!

[@danielthomason5685]

I keep a plastic bag over the plug on mine to keep dry and clean, works great

[@DLHFarms]

Good idea

[@andrewbuzzell3542]

Or keep it inside out of the weather lol

[@garykidd4468]

In 1999 we went 8 days without power. But we had natural gas vent free heat and a gas water heater and a 2500 watt generator. You make the best with what you got. A gas grill and mama's old oil lamps made life bearable. I feel for you. You looked awful cold out there.

[@DLHFarms]

It wasn't too cold about 31 degrees Fahrenheit but it was raining.

[@fullofship1828]

Why did you edit out your screaming over a mouse?

[@DLHFarms]

Lol so I didn't look like a baby on camera

[@joshuaadams9202]

@@DLHFarms well you just did lol

[@ynotshowme2ur3times]

Some people dont hide behind the camera. Obviously hes not one to hide the fact that he was jumped. Nothing wrong with that.

[@BagwellFarms]

It’s depowered till the exhaust reaches a certain temperature so the def fluid can work

[@DLHFarms]

Thats kinda what I figured

[@throttlebottle5906]

sounds "DEF"inately useless,

[@timnascimbeni]

My deeres do it too nature of the beast you can all so hear the noise of the engine change maybe egr valve opening

[@DLHFarms]

@@timnascimbeni Yep the Massey is twice as loud when it's cold as it warms up it gets quieter and quieter.

[@stubbi]

@@throttlebottle5906 No its not, pushing it too hard when its cold damages components anyway.

[@warrenpatton3426]

Hello from Bristol, damn Dennis y’all got hammered. We got just a trace of ice. Nothing on roads or trees. I hope it’s not a sign for the rest of the winter for y’all or us either. Fortunately ya were able to handle it well. Good videos as usual. See ya on the next ones. Warren

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah we got hit hard but everything is good nobody was hurt or killed that's the main thing.

[@MyLevelheaded]

hold the plug next to the manifold exhaust of the tractor to thaw it out and dry it out

[@russse2793]

Enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing, and God Bless from Phoenix.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@josephboley]

I remember having a ice storm years ago but not for a long time. I hope everyone is doing good around your community. stay safe out there and take care my friend.

[@DLHFarms]

Everyone made it safely to my knowledge.

[@josephboley]

DLH Farms thank god. cause it looked really bad. as always stay safe out there and take care fella.

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@gungadinn]

I’ve always looked at generators as a temporary means to live somewhat normally. What’s more important than voltage is frequency. Get the generator running, then place the load you intend running stabilized, plug a multimeter that has frequency function, then adjust the tractor PTO rpm to get 60.0 Hz on the multimeter. All of your electronics (anything containing a micro processor) in the house are dependent on frequency. Your power company if you were to sell power back to them look at frequency. You need to tell the wife, you can’t run the whole house during a grid power failure. Run what you need, then give the generator and your wallet a break.

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah that's why I was taking about Hz near the end of the video.

[@bjenkins803]

Man when its lunch time you get the power back on! Lol! Nice set up

[@fcksticksable]

When you hungry you have too eat.

[@DLHFarms]

Lol man's gotta eat! I got my priorities straight.

[@DLHFarms]

Dang right

[@idrive308]

Your tractor is plenty big enough. Can run it on the 1k shaft with a pto adapter. Tractor will run 2xs as long on a low idle. Generacs are great units

[@evilgoodness1]

the frequency is determined by the input rpm. so if your tractor is running to slow or fast itll effect your output frequency and i wanna say the tolerance for electronics in the house is 5% before it maybe effects something.

[@glennhunter7018]

Good to hear from you again sorry for your ice looks bad I hate ice be careful out there in it my friend

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@richardperry9095]

I noticed that my MF 4707 is the same way on cold startup. Maybe you are right on the ECM setting. I have a diesel generator I bought from GovPlanet, it is a military surplus generator. It runs the house, but more importantly the pump for the cows water.

[@DLHFarms]

Lol. Sorry honey the generator can't run the heater and the water for the cows at the same time guess your going to have to freeze

[@RandomStuff-zs3ed]

I use a 1000 rpm pto with a 540 adapter. The tractor still has enough power but runs just above idle. Saves on noise and diesel.

[@DLHFarms]

Ive thought about getting one of those adapters

[@markmortensen4341]

How long did the ice stick around❓I know you put the video out on the 19th I was just wondering how long you had ice❓I know the weather is calling for more cold temps coming your way this week‼️ I hope you and all your family has a great Thanksgiving and thanks for sharing your videos.

[@DLHFarms]

It was gone in a couple days

[@johnmurphy8259]

We have a propane generac for the farm. Work good so far we needed it a couple of times.

[@DLHFarms]

Nice to have. Makes you very popular when the power is out for days.

[@REWYRED]

After having to remove the cover more than once to flash the field I would be making a cord that ties to that point on the generator and 12v on the tractor with a button in the circuit ( probably mounted right in the generator panel somewhere) just plug in and push the button and you are good if you need to flash the field.. Keep a spare board on hand too if you have had issues in the past.

[@DLHFarms]

Yes I need to do something like that. I got the generator used and it needed a board when I got it.

[@chrisfleming5109]

When you "flash up" the generator with the battery leads from the truck which terminals exactly do you hook up to?

[@DLHFarms]

There is a flash terminal in the generator. You just touch it

[@mysticdavestarotmachinesho5093]

Meadows of Dan ... wholly crap you're my neighbor. My power went out because of the ICE storm too. So funny I have a military 50 Kw diesel generator that I keep maintained. Thought I was all set but when I fired up the genset and threw the breaker for the water pump both died. Not sure what is up with the genset but the pump had to be replaced.

[@DLHFarms]

Hey neighbor! Sometimes that's the way it goes.

[@mysticdavestarotmachinesho5093]

I'm still dealing with down trees. Anyway thanks for the video I loved it and the one where you are on the road ... I've driven down some of those same roads.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks glad you enjoyed it.

[@courtneyhirsh2271]

If you overspeed the generator with breaker off ,most time it will restore excitation .there should be flashing terminals on side of case.generac no longer supports pto gens.regulator and brushes same as older liquid cooled units in that kw range.stock those parts on my truck

[@throttlebottle5906]

you really want to check frequency more than voltage when using a generator, you want it right at 60Hz (USA of course), while the voltage varies with rpm, so does the frequency. much outside of 60Hz and things could start getting damaged from over/under speeding, old mechanical powered clocks will run fast or slow, among other things.

[@veggiefarmer1]

Dang that is some serious ice. Take care

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah it was really bad that night.

[@paulgargan6134]

Get a battery pack for sure,might want to add a lead wire so cover doesnt have to be removed.Here in Maine we seem to lose power more last couple of years more than ever.

[@DLHFarms]

We hardly ever loose power, but yeah I was already thinking how I was going to move to lead wire to the outside.

[@John1911]

Dang. 27 hours. I always wondered if these PTO units could hang that long.

[@DLHFarms]

Definitely can. My family used to run their whole dairy farm with one for days at a time when the power would go out.

[@bjenkins803]

Hope this storm y'all are getting now isn't too bad after what y'all just went through.

[@DLHFarms]

Just got mostly rain this time thankfully

[@timnascimbeni]

Always something to do on the ole home place!!!

[@DLHFarms]

Ain't that the truth

[@robertjackson4121]

More stable power for computers electronics. Run start capacitors on heat pumps and refer.

[@Bass2010]

It’s called Murphy’s Law what can go wrong will go wrong at the worst possible moment

[@DLHFarms]

You got that right!

[@billsmith9610]

Volts vary slightly up and down. All depends on distance and load etc.

[@DLHFarms]

Yep

[@chuckstevenson2929]

Good video and nice trouble shooting right there. Have you thought about using a mailbox to store the transfer plug?

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks I have a cover for it but of course I forgot to put it on it.

[@fcksticksable]

Hurray I just watched all your vids.. great job. Looking forward to your next venture.

[@DLHFarms]

Wow you've been busy!

[@born2flyau]

What horsepower tractor do you need to run the generator? Seems like over kill to run such a large horsepower engine.

[@DLHFarms]

At full load 100 hp plus

[@jayg479]

Was just watching videos on old green Chevy. That sucker sound mean.

[@DLHFarms]

Dang right it does. Lol

[@wyrtwister4260]

Any idea how the fuel consumption of the tractor compares to a equal engine / generator ? Thanks , :-) Wyr God bless

[@DLHFarms]

No I don't sorry

[@hiteck007]

About 21 or 22 Kva in normal generator terms mate, that's a BIG MUTHA of a generator. I have seen a whole workshop & the house run easily with an 18 Kva. That is, an engineers lathe, a big 3 H.P. Compressor, Mig welder, Stick welder, Plasma cutter, metal saw, 2 H.P. Drill press, Grinders etc and the usual stuff in a modern house. The generator doesn't even Grunt running all that.

[@10esseeTony]

Very impressive fuel burn! I was wondering the whole time why you were not using the smaller, (presumably) more efficient tractor (TC40). But it seems you made the right choice! :)

[@DLHFarms]

The tc40 doesn't have enough PTO horse power to run that generator at full capacity.

[@markpontes4457]

Would that Little ford run that Generator, or some other non DEF tractor you have around there?

[@DLHFarms]

No at full load it takes 80 plus horse power to run. Why would I want to run it with a none DEF tractor? I like breathing clean air.

[@Norseman220]

Do you physically need to change the PTO axle to get 1000 RPM's ??? On my old MF3060 from 1989 it can be done with a lever inside the cab.

[@DLHFarms]

Yes you have to physically change it before you can switch the PTO gears.

[@leomenchey3726]

Capacitor type regulator

[@carminesilverado]

126 volts is normal - when a given voltage like 120 is stated it is plus or minus 10 percent all that is normal

[@DLHFarms]

Right

[@dillonjohn3976]

Hey man I used to go to ferrum college right down the road from you

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah that's about 45 minutes from here

[@butchcassidy5398]

Check them bearings on the dang generator wow

[@DLHFarms]

The bearings are fine

[@briangardiner1015]

It's too bad you have to destroy your lawn to get power. Once the ice melts you are gonna have tire tracks in your lawn. But power is more important then the grass at this point.

[@DLHFarms]

Tearing up the grass don't bother me it will grow back unfortunately.

[@jamesobrien8668]

It would be a lot easier just to hook in a standby generator right by the transfer switch you already have the gas line there

[@DLHFarms]

But much much more expensive. I'm using this tractor because I already have it for other operations like making hay. The generator was used and cheap.

[@johnbellas490]

The typical diesel engine should run at idle for around 5 to 8 minutes on a real cold start!! the fuel burns incompletely on the cold start for a short while!!

[@Blasterxp]

Yellow shield arround the pto should not be spinning!

[@steveholton4130]

Forgot to mention that if you strip the bonnet of the Honeywell, you see GENRAC.

[@leomenchey3726]

Do you need to flash a generator is because the capacitor is running down you can also take your grinder play get into a 120 outlet on it and what the switch on the grinder just run across the ground that's enough current to reflash them also then you do not have to take the cover off almost all generac's have

[@DLHFarms]

I'll try that next time. Not sure why it needed to be flashed.

[@carlkidder7522]

baught a generator and it died, took it back and they gave me anouther one, that happened three more times before I gave up, the one that has been reliable is the Brute I have now! You Know nothing about having truble I have had

[@scottgibson7534]

F FFS get one with an automatic vfr .

[@DLHFarms]

I'm pretty content with what I have for now but if the power starts going out a lot then that may change

[@forestlawrencegrading9154]

Hey buddy I'm sorry about y'alls weather situation up there that's just awful you why don't you come take a look at my latest video with my 7 foot box blade down here in the Dirty South with tires full of water LOL this is Monday November 26th one hot some be down south here I had to retreat to the truck for some air conditioning

[@DLHFarms]

Wow the 26th was a nasty day up here cold and wet. It's 24 this morning with 20mph wind Burr.

[@forestlawrencegrading9154]

@@DLHFarms yeah I sweated my ass off yesterday check out the real box blade man LOL

[@DLHFarms]

Ok I'll check it out.

[@forestlawrencegrading9154]

@@DLHFarms you'll like it or at least get a big kick out of it that's a New Holland 345d Turbo it's a 2000 model they quit making them in 2003 let me tell you what that thing will get her done I hope you have a speaker on it sounds good too I've been running them things for 37 years

[@zweg1321]

If your luck is like mine it didn’t work because you needed it

[@DLHFarms]

Exactly!

[@ihus9950]

👍

[@tommyb.6064]

LOL

[@TheByard]

Man what a complicated emergency power system, plus why was the diesel truck covered in ice when you have that beautiful shed just built. Why not purchase a marine cocooned unit that as others have said will jump in why the mains power goes down, it will also be near silent running.. That way your wife will have power when your out and about snow blading etc.etc.etc.

[@DLHFarms]

Are you gonna pay for that because I can't?

[@DLHFarms]

Also my truck has ice because I live at my house not in a shed.

[@oby-1607]

I never move any diesel until its warmed up at least 5 minutes. Part of owning a diesel.

[@oby-1607]

But, thats because where I am, it can get to -20. Really like the idea of a PTO generator but maybe with a gearbox to reduce the engine rpm to save fuel. Would be nice if it was in its own box by the house so all you would have to do is hook up the PTO when needed.

[@DLHFarms]

Now I have thought of doing that but it can run our shop too if needed so it's kinda nice to have it on the trailer at times.

[@DLHFarms]

That's pretty dang cold!

[@tigerzero5216]

Does DLHFarms ever reply to more than a couple comments per video? Actually I don't see any reply from them to this one Or the one before that I watched. ( I do have to say I watched it all.) As I post this. I do have some good things to say about these videos. But if there is no reply from the creator, did I just wasted my time writing a reply? .... I think I have. This video was posted only to get views. It is obvious no reply to viewer comments was in the plan. So no more views or likes from me DHL

[@DLHFarms]

What are you talking about I reply to everyone?

[@timothygodfrey4950]

your generator sounds horrible-maybe needs bearings.

[@DMahalko]

12:15 It's normal for generators to sound like that. Look up helical vs straight gears. There's a transmission after the PTO to raise the output shaft speed to 1800 or 3600 RPM. Straight gears produce whining noises. Antique Massey 30 transmissions make similar whining noises in low gears.

[@ngnmech]

I have had luck sometimes flashing generators with a corded drill Plug it into the normal 120 outlet on the generator, and then pull the trigger, and sometimes that will induce enough to produce power, other times I have had to turn the drill chuck by hand to flash the unit. Learned that trick at one of my service schools.

[@DLHFarms]

If it happens again I will try that

[@mjengland1]

I did the same thing with mine this past year. Instead of a drill though I used an angle grinder. Anything with a coil based motor. I plugged it in, gave it a quick spin by hand, fired the generator up and it worked! I was pretty amazed to be honest.

[@DRWebster93]

I have used the same method on an old generator that sat for a long time. In my case, it only took one good turn of the chuck to get it going.

[@mattc9009]

Does it work with those variable speed drills?

[@ngnmech]

@@mattc9009 Yes, the drill I use is variable speed. Pull the trigger fully and then spin the chuck with your hand in the opposite direction of normal rotation. A Briggs dealer years ago made a thing that he would put in the drill chuck like a drill bit, but had a ball on the end that he would use to turn the drill and not risk the chuck grabbing him. I have also hear of putting a 1/4 inch dowel rod in the electric drill chuck and then put a cordless drill on the other end, and use the cordless to turn the electric, and when the generator starts putting out power and powers the electric drill it breaks the dowel rod off between the two drill chucks.

[@danielthomason5685]

I always let a deisel warm up till the temp gauge starts to move....much better for the life of the engine

[@DLHFarms]

I keep it under 1200 rpm till it starts getting warm and don't apply any heavy loads

[@TonyLing]

The faster you warm up an engine, the less it wears. The trick is to fire it up and as soon as the turbo has sufficient oil, work it hard whilst avoiding high revs

[@andrewbuzzell3542]

@@TonyLing um no, never work a diesel hard until it's up to operating temp

[@TonyLing]

@@andrewbuzzell3542 Just flat out wrong my friend

[@andrewbuzzell3542]

@@TonyLing nope. Been around diesel tractors all my life. Worst thing you can do to them is start them up cold then rev the snot out of them and work the crap out of them right after starting them. Gotta let them warm up first. In fact, newer deere tractors will not move and you won't have any hydraulic pressure until the fluids reach a certain temp. Have to let them sit for 10,15,20 minutes depending on the temperature and the tractor

[@normellow]

That big 12v grey connector is called Anderson connector. you can make a plug with a momentary switch to start it.

[@retiresoon5639]

40KW would run 4 homes. I ran ours for a week with 6500 watts

[@DLHFarms]

I guess if you live in a shoe box.

[@kitecattestecke2303]

@@DLHFarms no he's right, apparat from tumbler and washing machine nothing should exceed 6500w hairdryer and cooker work so the rest is peanuts

[@DLHFarms]

I have two 200 amp breaker boxes, I have two heat pumps two washers two dryers two stoves two water heaters two dish washers 3 refrigerators 4 freezers. When both those heat pumps we're on at the same time you could hear that 100hp tractor singing. Do the math 40kw is only 200 amps my house can pull twice that at full capacity.

[@tommytmt]

DLH Farms - Oh. My. Word!! Why do you have 3 fridges, 4 freezers, 2 washers and 2 dryers? Do you have a family of 18? I guess compared to you, we all have shoeboxes haha 😆

[@DLHFarms]

That's the way the former owner had it built. So you could live upstairs or downstairs

[@justtinkering6054]

"That's another one I don't have to mow around." I lost a couple apple trees in the backyard and my pine trees took out the power for the whole road for about a whole day. That was a nasty little mess we all had. I am glad you made it through in good shape.

[@DLHFarms]

My yard used to have over 100 trees in it now we don't have any left. Lol

[@jarredri]

Need to install a external lug so you dont have to take the generator apart next time.

[@DLHFarms]

Yes

[@crusty822]

use the ford on the generator

[@DLHFarms]

I would but. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpLNqGRngt1mn5o

[@throttlebottle5906]

I take it you don't have gas or propane stove, gas stovetop is great when power is out, just use a lighter and bbq grill is nice also. the lack of fresh water sucks though (well)

[@DLHFarms]

We have a grill and gas logs for heat.

[@alvachellman2740]

eBay Volvo 940 paarts

[@DLKHAY]

My kubota 108 is like that starting in colder weather as well

[@DLHFarms]

I'm sure it's a computer controled thing

[@johnward5890]

Those 5kw coleman generators are bad for doing that and changing brushes will do that too. I just start them and jump the two terminals under the small green cover plate on the end of the stator housing.

[@jeffreyhollink985]

i wouldt put ah tractor whit ah 1000rpm pto on id than the engin only as to run on 1100 rpm

[@MrTks1959]

.... It's not hard frozen, it's pain in the ass frozen. LOL

[@Kencosound]

Does the Massey have 540E or 1000 rpm pto options so you can run the engine at lower revs?

[@DLHFarms]

It has 1000 rpm option but you can't use it with the 540 shaft installed.

[@derrickdrew17]

I know John deere has 540e on some of their tractors with a 540 shaft. It spins them at 1000rpm but limits the rpms low enough to bring the PTO back to 540

[@DLHFarms]

It's optional on the Massey but this one don't have it

[@Kencosound]

Try one of these if you can change to 1000rpm 21 spline shaft. www.amazon.com/Koch-Industries-4045223-Release-Adapter/dp/B00827B3QS#

[@DLHFarms]

Now that would probably work.

[@Tchristman100]

1.5 gallons an hour works out to be 27hp or average of 20kw.

[@bradstrecker7666]

Nicely done... I felt bad when you had to move everything to get to the generator... I always say, "I always seem to have to fix something before I get to fix something." 😂

[@jeffhelton2735]

I purchased 25kw has a Wisconsin 4 cylinder gas or propane other power source is diesel.going to ad gears to do gear induction were generater requirements is 1800 rpms with gears I can run tractor 800-1000 rpm generater at 1800 rpm to save fuel and were on engine. Have a major water resource going to try and run generator from water source if so ill go off grid

[@lukesylvester2022]

We have a generator similar. We have to flash ours every time. Its because of the age and rust but it still works like a charm and powers everything.

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@optroncordian7863]

Just a lesson: first set the multimeter to the correct function and range and ONLY THEN put the leads to the measuring points. While you are turning the selector, the leads MUST NO BE CONNECTED to anything. Otherwise you might damage the multimeter. For worse, you might damage the measured circuit.

[@CharlieIIpics]

He has less of a chance of that since the biggest concern, current, would require him to physically move the positive lead in order to create the situation that would "pop" some stuff in the multimeter.

[@neil6212]

You can pretty much disregard the voltage...if you get the Hz set to 60, the voltage WILL be right. The Hz, or frequency is the most important part, especially when running motors.

[@DLHFarms]

Right I agree

[@BurtBartlow]

He's a start it and immediately go kinda guy

[@michaelmackison6266]

Get yourself a GOOD quality jump box to help out with those situations.

[@DLHFarms]

I've got one but it wasn't near me either time.

[@ABMFARM]

Happy Thanksgiving Hope you have thawed out by now.

[@DLHFarms]

Oh yeah it was gone in a couple days. Thanks and happy Thanksgiving

[@danielcostner4106]

interesting video glad to see you got the generator working thanks for sharing Dennis

[@DLHFarms]

It was a struggle but I over came it. Lol

[@markallen2806]

Then why don't you just let it warm up

[@colonialroofingofnorthcaro441]

Its mostly the nature of diesel lol, they run on combustion which is generated by heat which cold is the opposite of. Better get use to it cause we going to diesels especially be restricted more and more with these climate change fearmongering that's going on in Washington these days, more restrictions and engine that can't hardly run from be choked out

[@DLHFarms]

Yep that's the truth

[@bubbarickard]

i live just down in lexington nc you make great videos love watching

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoy!

[@bigfoot-wo3qy]

Need a Massey with Econo 540

[@DLHFarms]

But then you can't have 1000rpm, not on this model Massey anyways.

[@kgreen9124]

Couldn't you have brought the rpms down just a touch on the pto and got the voltage down to 118v or so instead of the 126v? You could still be in the right place in terms of the 60 hz but you won't known that value unless you check it also.

[@hiteck007]

Need a bigger Shed old mate. lol but I did notice you using low voltage Anderson plugs for your mains supply there, in Australia that's a Big No no, that type of connection. Oh and the reason your generator didn't feel like powering up first off is when they sit for a while there's a thing called Residual Magnetism left over from the last operation, so as time goes on that gets weaker until there's not enough left to Re-energize it hence the reason you have to force the issue, but there is another trick sparkies try before doing that which is to Over speed the generator for about 5 seconds by no more than 10% to get more energizing voltage to re-energize the field, if that still fails then the last Resort like what you did will work, assuming the AVR (automatic voltage regulator board) is ok.

[@DLHFarms]

Always need a bigger shed. That's the kind of plug that comes on those generators. Thanks for the tip

[@hiteck007]

@@DLHFarms Hmmm ok, that is interesting. We use those same Anderson plugs here for jump starting tractors with flat batteries generally. The small ones like the 50Amp plugs we use for general use for say camp fridges & Inverters DC input. Their great plugs but their used differently here. Anything Mains voltage they put IP 66 rated plugs with an O-ring and a threaded ring lock like 3 phase welders have. Getting back to your energizing problem, I've used 2 other generators with the same issue. One of them took like 5 minutes of rated speed running before finally building up enough voltage to energize it's Rotor to generate standard 240 Volt mains voltage, the other one I ran for about 5 minutes as well but failed to energize until I Over speeded it to about 15% over speed, it then fired up. Oh yea and there was one like yours that refused to energise, it doesn't have to be running to plug on a source to bring up the residual magnetism but I did it that way, just a few seconds of power to the rotor then fire up the motor and your good, but putting power into the generator rotor while running may temporarily over voltage it's output. A multi-meter with memory capture will tell you for sure though After being run, they all energized straight away on a restart, It's the Residual Magnetism in the Rotor that gets it started without an outside source nearly all of the time, nearly. Sorry I dragged this out but it's all information hay. All the best mate.

[@stevem6711]

I'm down the road from you in Carroll Co. I elected to just go with a standby Generator with auto switching. I certainly don't want to be out there trying to hook the genset up when it's cold and snowy outside. Good video.

[@jeffhelton2735]

Reason not working you need to use it. That's my luck also

[@DLHFarms]

Yep

[@stuntcardriver]

40kw is way over kill. We had a 15kw pto driven. Handled everything in the house electric water heater, stove, a/c, well pump etc.

[@DLHFarms]

That's fine but I have two of most all those things.

[@williamgreer4162]

Why dont you run a insulated external stud to the out side of the panel so you dont have to pull the cover off every time that happens?

[@EyebrowsMahoney]

Those Bradford pears are a pain in the rear. They tend to snap in half over in the slightest breeze. They also smell horrid when it's flowering season. Good riddance I say. Run it over a few times with the Massey to make sure. They do make good ornaments when you wanna make it look like a tornado came through. Just sneeze on them.

[@DLHFarms]

Lol I never liked them either