How I flashed my Generator.

[@philliphall5198]

I heard your helper telling you how to do it Love hearing a child around dad or mom working Keep them safe my friend 👍

[@paulhause9040]

I'm NOT a yooper, nor do I have a rusty Chevrolet ! But I do have a Coleman Powermate 5000 that I'm restoring, and this bit of advice will go a long way !

[@johnrizzato9192]

I do the same thing with mine, connecting an extension cord to my 12 V battery and then simply plugging it into one of the outlets. It only takes about a second or two but you wouldn’t have to take off the powerhead cover and it’s very very easy.

[@DeadKoby]

This is ONE of the reasons that stand-by home generators automatically start up and run once a week. Remembering to give your generator some exercise from time to time is a GOOD Thing.... get the stale fuel out of the carb, and check everything for health. NOTHING worse than needing it and having it give you the finger.

[@anthonymarino4260]

it needs a little love from time to time

[@JeffButterworth-bm8gj]

I think the iron plates the copper is coiled around is very low alloy or carbon which doesn't hold magnetism well. The idea is that the polarity is always shifting and they dont want to hinder that.Just a little alloy or carbon in the iron should help it with enough residual magnetism. Ive never had this problem with older equipment.

[@RichaRat]

My Generac 40KW PTO has a terminal outside for flashing the field. It doesn't need to be a huge battery. I use a 9 volt and it works instantly.

[@kevinthorrington2131]

Good to see yooper videos. I’m a transplanted yooper living in Wisconsin. Good video

[@davidguthrie5941]

That's crazy. Didn't know a generator could lose magnetism.

[@RobertMattison-pp6uf]

I love little children, I just wish they were not in your video. God Bless the little ones.

[@bills6946]

You lose your residual voltage because you shut the generator with the load still connected. Shut the circuit breaker before you kill the engine.

[@jamesbenscoter7023]

You are exactly right! That's why you don't let the gen run out of fuel while powering!

[@jamesreed6121]

I have done the same thing using a 12 volt power supply with at least 2 amp output or more. I believe the method you demonstrated only works if the brushes have no rectifier as part of the brush assembly. In other words, I'm not sure if you apply 12 volts DC to the input of the rectifier, the rotor will be magnetized. I haven't tried doing that with brushes that have the rectifier incorporated. If you could you let me know if the brushes on you generator had a rectifier on the brush circuit board. BTW, I could never get the Electric drill method to work. KOKO!

[@filter4now]

If you flash the coil reverse-polarity by accident, do you then need to up the voltage by 0.5v in the correct direction to fix it? (twice the power)? Maybe it will be 180 degrees out of phase and the exciter won't work?

[@busnorth]

I see what looks like a power service truck. When running your genarator plug the crazy coard in and drop the other end in the snow but do keep the kid's far away.

[@SeanNash-j8r]

Thank you so much! Worked great.

[@MrLongshot762]

I find it easier to use a corded drill. Plug it into a socket with the generator off, pull the trigger and spin the drill by hand.

[@borderlineyooper527]

I tried that even spinning the corded drill with a battery powered drive.

[@MrLongshot762]

@@borderlineyooper527 It's worked for me in the past, I don't remember which way to spin it correctly though

[@benrobles752]

@@MrLongshot762 Backwards. (reverse)

[@HwSystems]

It cannot work. Drill have universal motor. They don't have magnet inside so it does not generate electricity when you spin it. Completely fake. To people who don't believe me, hook a multimeter and check out by yourself.

[@MrLongshot762]

@@HwSystems Tell me more about this "universal motor" with "no magnets inside".

[@jason620362]

I did use this method all the time and never failed me once

[@crazyhorseracing6130]

Was that the wires going to the brushes?? Kinda hard to see. Thanks for the video!

[@robfinch1522]

I think so. The next video I hope is filmed on land. I was getting seasick...

[@TheBack-Yardian101]

Yes

[@dj5752]

Nice explanation.

[@edwinschwank2446]

Machines with batteries hooked to them (electric start) won't have this issue either.

[@adnacraigo6590]

I wonder if something else is wrong that is causing the loss of magnetism in the rotor.

[@DP-hy4vh]

Not really. The residual magnetism gradually wears off over time, especially if the generator has been sitting idle for a long time.

[@jamesbenscoter7023]

I have a Honda EB6500 that has sat for 4 years! Got it out, started on 1 pull! Powered house for 2 days, no problem!

[@mikebavoso26]

Wearing a gold wedding ring and useing a car battery with wires? I saw a guy lose his finger when he got the baterry`s two wires of a 850 amp 12 volt across this finger and the gold ring.

[@philliphall5198]

On my personal gen I have a set of leads maded up and in zip lock bag tied to machine, no looking for them 😊😊😊

[@charlieharper2880]

Yoopers have no organization skills.

[@josefpichler7271]

A little bit chaotic?

[@philliphall5198]

Really can’t tell much by the video moving around so much 😢😢😢

[@mgoblue2]

Can’t see very well to much shaking

[@UhBuddy1976]

I’m sure you do more often but run it no less than once per month and put a decent load on it for 10 minutes.. My Generac says once a week but that’s unnecessary.

[@bobl78]

I think it is broken

[@whowantstoknowido]

Informative, but the child is annoying.

[@edwinschwank2446]

This is most common with smaller popcorn gensets. Hey, run them for 5 minutes couple times a year....and don't forget to shut off the gas and run the carb dry to save yourself a headache. I have a couple older rope start jobs and never have to do what you are doing. I am guessing you have a slight parasitic draw down....if you do...once the motor shuts down...turn the power/ignition switch BACK ON. that should end the parasitic draw...better still figure out what is causing and fix it...but for lazy people turn the ignition switch back on. Now you have to remember to do that....

[@jimmybrad156]

lol popcorn, first time i've heard that. I was lucky; hadn't run for 4 years but still worked okay (ran for 30 mins a few weeks ago.)

[@johnmolnar2957]

never mind the flashing, why on earth do you have a suicide cord ? backfeeding your panel with it is plain stupid and dangerous .

[@philliphall5198]

Cord scared the crap out of me because my best friend was a lineman and a home generator killed him His wife and 3 kids still suffer from it 10 years later and she has two jobs now

[@borderlineyooper527]

As long as it's done safely no one gets hurt. I have done my research and know to isolate my house from the power grid.

[@timothysmith7436]

You could use that to power an RV.

[@randacnam7321]

@@borderlineyooper527 Problem is 'safely' using a two head snake depends on doing the full exact sequence of breaker flipping and plugging in cords _Every. Single. Time._ One slip up one time and BOOM. This is why either separate cords or a transfer switch are the ways to go.

[@mikerossman9863]

@@randacnam7321how do you know he don’t have a lock out on his main panel?

[@wvsky]

Get a better camera. Put your kid in the house when you do videos, and explain why you're doing what you're doing better.

[@ricksolari9570]

Very annoying camera work.

[@dongillespie1784]

Get a corded drill turn on the on switch of the generator plug in the drill and manually turn the drill and it will create a new magnet field for the stator.

[@borderlineyooper527]

I tried that even turning the corded drill with a battery drill.

[@dongillespie1784]

@@borderlineyooper527 It worked on a generator I bought at the pawn shop for cheap that wasn't producing power. All good fren at least you got yours working.

[@bills6946]

Put a 1/4” drill bit in the drill and chuck the other end into a cordless drill. Hold the trigger on the electric drill and run the battery drill, spinning the electric drill. Instant. Voltage

[@ephraimojima4582]

That's for those who have it, this is for those who don't, so appreciate it when people give you option. Don't be one way rigid in life

[@dongillespie1784]

@@ephraimojima4582 I just posted what I did to a generator that had no output power and was able to make it work again. Don't have a clue what bs you crying about. Don't be one of what kind? Who the f are you.