On 10/28/11 10:39 , linnix wrote:
On Oct 28, 8:37 am, D Peter wrote:
On 10/28/11 10:23 , linnix wrote:





On Oct 28, 8:19 am, "D. Peter wrote:
On 10/28/11 10:15 , linnix wrote:

On Oct 28, 5:39 am, "D. Peter wrote:
On 10/27/11 20:30 , m II wrote:

I've had it with Chinese garbage. The amount of trash they produce each
year staggers the imagination. What's even more amazing is that we
continue to buy it. 'Customer' is quickly becoming synonymous with 'Stupid'.

This is the starter solenoid from a 5kw Chinese diesel generator
(Launtop powered):

http://www.scotiabunk.com/Quality/small-1.jpg

The machine has two hours TOTAL running time. Note the quality rubber
boot. Also note the soldered connections. Those are the solenoid winding
terminations. You can NOT get at the contacts until you de-solder the
wires. I learned that when I had to clean the non-conducting starter
contacts on another, similar, Launtop machine.

Yeah, I had a generator, this summer, throw a rod through the
garage wall. The finest Chinese machine work you'd ever like to see
punch a hole in a building.

Went with a Generac from Whitewater, Wisconsin.-

The same company who made the generator that failed after 5 months.
They won't honor the two years warrenty because i am over-using it
(200 hours). It's a standby generator, i am not suppose to use it,
stupid.

Mine is a continuous service generator. So, it's built to a
different standard. A standby is a different animal.

That said, you don't really get to pick when your power is out.
That distinction may be due for a revision

But failed after 200 hours? That's less than two weeks of use.

True. Depending on maintenance, that should be a brisk walk for this
kind of product. Regardless of build.

How often did you change the oil?

They says every 200 hours. I didn't know they mean changing the
machine every 200 hours.


Some generators are made for intermittent service, only. A few
hours on, many hours off. Too many hours on and metal fatigue sets in.

This is to accomodate a price point.

You may have, indeed, overrun the machine's ability to serve in a
continuous stretch.


And did you do a break-in change?

Yes.

The rotor lock up, perhaps by the starter.