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I look at this way different than most of everyone else here in the forum. I grew up supporting ADA, Air Defense Artillery. An unreliable gen set, meant you were occupying landscape that now holds expensive paper weights. If your system is no good, people can kill you. Its that simple. So we...
Then lets make the L5 right and see what happens. I do remember at least twice when this linkage was "Hard wired", that it prevented the governor from working right. I cant remember how, its been 21 years since i saw it.
The long slot that the shouldered screw runs through is there for a...
Spotted it too. And that might very well be the problem. For all intents and purposes, you are locking the Governor into one position. It can not adjust itself.
Look at these two documents.
The dent in the bottom of the float. Its a known problem, (but doesn't happen often) that one of the magnets falls out. Then the switch will not latch/unlatch right. Is the dent where a magnet is/was?
Other NSN's and part numbers
GCU 60 Hz EMK A Mdl Old style
2910-01-368-7644
GCU 60 Hz EMK A Mdl Universal gov.
2990-01-601-2476
10502-001-0-24
8270-1002...
Sadly, these cans never seem to get closed right. The bolts and nuts never were tight, or many got lost for some reason. So water is a problem. The SSA's, Supply Support Activities were suposed to do a QAQC on the can before accepting them, but it was rarely done.
Our D424A turbine engine used...
Wouldn't it be easier to just take them out and test them on the bench? Apply voltage, watch it work, or not work. Then use a Multi-meter to check if the contacts are properly opening and closing? Pretty standard thing to do when troubleshooting.
The HEARTBEAT Indicator (WP 0004, Figure 3, Item 36) is normally ON blinking when DC power is applied to the I/O interface module (WP 0054, Figure 1, Item 25).
It is also normally ON blinking when the generator set is operating (engine is running) and the I/O interface module (WP 0054, Figure...
I still can not get him to pick up the phone or answer email/Whats app. Starting to get worried now. Its 350 klicks to his house. I might need to take a look see.
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