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I’ve used mine a total of maybe an hour had already fixed it once doing exactly what you said before. I even looked at your video. Worked for a very short time and now doesn’t work at all. I’m gonna be very blunt. It is a piece of JUNK!!!!!!
grounding electrodes do not help with lightening strikes. its mostly just to lower the impedance of the ground wire. but you only need them in one spot, 6 feet apart max, otherwise it could possibly create a path for current to flow from like underground, like during a lightening strike and light up everything bonded in your house.
Unfortunately this voids the warranty on most generators and leaves the generator with the now floating neutral in a potential dangerous situation when using as in other situations with power cords to run power tools. Is this a correct understanding?
So, help a brother out… 1. Great job 👏🏼 with the vid and math conversion. 2. I like to camp. ⛺️ we have an extra car battery and I want to use it for laptop and some charging power in remote locations. Should I use this inverter method? Or get a Golf ⛳️ cart battery and use that with an inverter? Certainly Don’t want to fry me or my devices. And that is what the inverter prevents correct?
Batterys 12.9 but charger said 9.5 and wpuldnt let me choose the vehicle. The charger now won't light up it only flashes a little light on the scrern when first plugged into the house mains.
I purchased a Durostar generator. It is the first generator I have owned. I will need to store my generator for 6 months over the winter (summer home.) My first thought was to store it using Stabil (as we do with our lawn mowers and lawn tractors.) However, Duromax says to drain the tank, drain the carburetor, and lube the spark plug chamber. I want to follow the manufacturer's instructions, but doing it as you do in this video would make my life 100% easier. Undecided.
heres a titbit tvs run 12v anyway the stepdown transformer goes 240v/110v AC ~12vDC So a 12v car Sony/orAny other car adapter or car~laptop or media or painstation games console adapter will power that without invertor try either watts * match Ah output /AMPS & tv's label on the back for rated power Ah +watts and a pair of cutters cut 2 wires +/- inside tv that go from input power transformer to cicuitry and wire to connector block then connect to before mentioned car laptop/ others supply and wire into car's fused 12v output power supply socket fag lighter or any fused 12v supply
I have new Ryobi HP 2ah battery not charging and one followed by four green light flashing, I check the voltage all the cell have 3.5 but one cell showing .35 volt. Any clue how to fix it.
If there's a dead cell like that, I always assume that it's an internal short and is not salvageable. I don't attempt "jumping" batteries like that. If it's still under warranty, maybe you can get a new one? Not sure what they'll do if you removed that plug over one of the screws though.
My pressure washer done this to me and I didn’t know what was happening. I was told this was my problem. Other than dumping the old oil and gas from the block, what’s the best was to get the leftover gas from the block? Thanks for the video. It’s a big help
I learned what Electricians consider a bonded ground.... thanks .... My previous buba understanding of bonded meant it was soldered... I now know that is not what a Bonded Ground is...
Extremely thorough but Please maybe I missed it and I’m getting conflicting info from different sources including n manufacturers. My generator is neutrally grounded but is going to be hooked up w a 50 amp inlet plug on my home to the 50 amp breaker in my main with an interlock device. So in this direct connection I Do need a ground rod attached to generator ? And if so do I disconnect the neutral bond wire on the alternator? Thanks in advance. Just trying to get some clarification
My anode tube is deep into the heater - about 3 inches. I'm going to try to use an impact wrench. The reason is that you don't have to hold the water heater still. But I will still need a deep socket.
I see this is a 2 year old video so this may not get answered. I’ve installed a Generator Interlock kit on my electrical panel for when I need to use the generator for backup power. Will I use a Bonded or Floating neutral with a 50amp cord from the generator to a 50amp inlet box that is wired (6/3) to a 50amp breaker in the panel.
Fun fact: My Ryobi battery stopped charging and was totally dead. Got a new one, took out the batteries and everything else like he did from the new one and put my broken batteries in the new shell. Then I returned it the same day for a full refund. Worked great! Those small plastic lids over the screws are a bit tricky but they can be removed without any trace.
i Googled "E-1" error code and this video came up. Can confirm "over discharge" was the cause. Since the charger is only looking at the voltage and doesn't do a current pull any 12V DC source will work to "trick" the charger. I used my buddies charger and slid the clamps from his charger to mine while connected to the battery. You could probably stack x4 watch batteries if you wanted to MacGyver this.
Man you are exactly correct the design of these refrigerators kills me. I never thought of using a fan and compressor because I always used a brush and vacuum but you still can only do so much . Almost impossible to reach those inside lines to clean. Thanks for how to
That was some great information. Didn’t know why batteries that were dead for a long time the reason they won’t work. Hope mine can be resurrected, but now I know why it can’t if it doesn’t.
This is an absolutely correct explanation of generator connections. Very well explained. To be clear, the available fault current from small generators is no where near high enough to quickly trip a breaker magnetically from a fault. It will however, for a longer period of time trip from overcurrent. It is splitting hairs!
