Search results

Thanks for the James Condon tip had never seen his videos. Watched 1 on a generator he picked up that was having the same issues and it turned out to be a bad cap. Surprised at how different some of these generator capacitors look some are wired to a board like the 1 he was working on inside the...

Capacitors it’s an older generator I picked up at an auction for a backup and it’s having low voltage issues so I tested all 3 and 1 was bad so I’m going to replace all 3 to be on the safe side the 1 on inside of the alternator housing looked pretty rough.

I did with an electrical screwdriver to test and 1 didn’t spark at all or give a reading on the meter but wasn’t sure if the new 1’s I ordered would. I still might try and discharge the new to make sure it wasn’t something someone bought and returned. Thanks for the reply

Are new capacitors for a portable generator fully charged I’m swapping my old 1’s out and 2 of them need the tabs bent down before connecting the wires it’s a mitm 8000 watt model