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If you do that for testing I would suggest pulling the main breaker to make sure no one flips it back on while your testing.

Sounds like ghost voltage to me

I could see something like this happening through a breaker, even with a massive overload a magnetic trip breaker is still going to take a non zero amount of time to break the connection which would be more than long enough to sheer these bolts when you consider the whole assembly is turning at...

It may, try checking the voltage while running the lead through a small resistor of some type and see if you get unexpected amounts of voltage drop. Also a 120V incandescent light bulb would make great to test wired between the various points, if it lights / glows you have real voltage, as you...

I think we may be having a terminology issue, in particular for the terms ground and floating. Another term that may come up is bonding. Just so we are all on the same page, you are wanting to set up this generator so it will be connected to your house in 120V only mode through a solid...

I have a concrete floor shop area where I tend to work on my new GL purchases, including Generators, etc. Anyway I have found that while running they like to vibrate and spin around, particularly the smaller / lighter ones. The little Yanmar powered MEP-016d is so bad about it that it has to...

The little Yanmar L40 powered fresh water pump I bought from GL a couple of weeks ago has such a setup with a hose that connects to the engine then a remote drain plug on the outside of the ASK housing. It is NSN 4320-01-338-8010 and there is a parts TM online for it, but I don't have it handy...

Also a number of Onan parts are available through Sears Parts direct, at a much lower price.

I am trying to picture how this could happen, it seems a seized end bearing would likely be spun by the force before these bolts snapped. The only thought I have is perhaps this generator was mounted on a dual generator trailer and the transfer switch was wired wrong. Then when the second...

Perhaps a wiring fault at the breaker, otherwise check continuity and resistance between the posts with the reconnection board removed. Ike

If the Hz meter is working it should read with the output breaker off, same for the volt meter. Note the Hz meter only works over a narrow speed range, running too slow will show off the bottom range of the meter, or may possibly read as high. Never let these generators run at below 60 Hz, as...

If it ran for a minute you already have most of the air out.

How do you tell a 400 hz voltage regulator from a 60 hz? Ike

Why would you want it in the garage? Having a panel with a watt meter indoors can be handy.

Note the reference Mistaken1 has refers to 3 phase power connections, typical home connections are split single phase, so the bits about MUST USE 3 pole and MUST USE 4 pole would change to MUST USE 2 pole and MUST use 3 pole in single phase installation, otherwise things are similar. Ike p.s...

Ok, I will try to keep this simple, and this only pertains to wiring in 120V single phase only mode, other modes like 120/240V will be different First thing to remember is that L-0,L1 and L2 on the generator are NOT the same as on your home panel (for your home panel L0 is neutral, and L1 and...

If you must have 240v for your pump the easiest way to get there is to connect the generator in 120/240V split single phase. You already understand the concept of load balancing, and this is where my concerns start for running one of these 3KW generators in 120/240V 1 phase mode, simply put...

Thanks ETN550, I thought of that after I posted my message, I guess that is what taking pain killers do to ones thinking ability. Ike p.s. does anyone else have a small ground wire that connects to the top of the Yanmar engine on the generator side? I have one there that goes nowhere (ends in...

I would suspect so, as that is the way it works on my MEP-701a (MEP-016b in ASK) when in 120V mode, I just got my MEP-016d running a couple of weeks ago and have not set up wiring an outlet to it yet, I had planned to work on it today, but my back is bothering me a bit too much. Ike p.s. if my...

Are you sure you did not have the switch in 120V only 3 phase mode?