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Yes this. If you have a voltage adjust and you are on the low side you may be seeing excessive drop. you can safely run at 125/250 volt (doesnt seem like much but it might be just enough to kick the motor over)

You are using 8AWG for a 3000 watt generator? way overkill but shouldnt be an issue. out of curiosity what do you have the voltage set at? or is it non adjustable.

nice thought, but they usually increase wire size if its that deepdown. not to mention it would have to be fairly deep to have enough drop to impact current draw significantly

Its 3000 watt at 240 volt (approx 12 amps). And yes its quite common to have a motor draw 300% FLA on startup. In the NEC there is an entire section for motor protection because of this. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Well if you're up for trying it, you could install a soft start on the pump Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Some motors dont have them. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Check the start capacitor on the pump and see if its in tolerance. You may be able to replace it with a "hard start cap". The unfortunate truth may be the generator may be too small. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Sounds like it doesnt like the inrush of the pump. Is this a new problem or have you never run this pump on this generator before? Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Look for the 400hz skids too. Those are more likely to have been parted out. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Temp switch is next (need to know of its faulty or actually overheating) or fuel pump or filter clogging Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Check your oil pressure switch as well. The start switch bypasses it Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

well atleast you were successful.

whenever I get into a situation of things that should move that dont my first thing to use is knocker loose, its made by crc smells like pine sol and makes pb blaster look like water.

In my years, ive done grounding from houses up to industrial and a few cell towers too. Lot of cad welding and the weirdest overkill bonding. Worst one i had to do was a 110 foot rod. That one was in a delta field so 3 rods 110 feet apart 110 feet down. When I redid my home service the inspector...

Yes, It looks like a bunch of stacked up plates Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Little guy is a water seperator. He can be cleaned Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Actually the codes for grounding are 25 ohms or less OR 2 rods. So you can have really dry sandy earth and test a very poor rod and as long as you have 2 meet code. So your ground rods dont actually do as much as you think they do. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Thats exactly why they are called suicide cords. As for the return to bond. Code calls for bonding at the first means of disconnect so its either at the meter or in the panel. If its old enough to have a 3 wire outlet then odds are the bond is in the panel. If it isnt then theres 4 conductors...

Not that ive seen (other than the whole control cube) perhaps some aftermarket decals? Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk

Usually 1 gauge smaller, and unless hes really unbalanced it will be fine And its good to see someone else who understands grounding and bonding. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk