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Once I was changing a Circuit Breaker in a transformer building for a small town. The short version is that the 19 mm socket somehow came of the ratchet extension I was using. I was DONE. Just trying to withdraw my tools and self from a place I did not really want to be. The socket fell off, and...
Thats why you get a folding chair and put it 3-4 feet away from the box. I have had some real exciting moments in my life. Light shows. So I too have a real aversion to light shows. :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
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My breaker doesn't have any rating of amperage marked on it. There's a little light green paint on it and I carefully scraped it off where I think it should be marked, but don't see anything. It will be on the side of the CB, behind the panel.
Truthfully no I have not. Then try...
Have you ever seen this set run and pull a load with no problem? The AC Output box looks like someone has rewired it. A lot of the connections look very close to one another.
I know this will sound strange. But leave the cover off and after dark, start the set. Turn out the lights. Have...
Hook up a different, smaller load. If I remember right, the engine surges when you turn the load on. That means the gen set makes power and tries to start your load. Normally the surge and shutting off of the load means the load is too big. The gen set tries to assume the load and it is...
That was the reason I wanted for him to unhook the load and turn on the CB1 and take voltage readings. So lets hear about what you get, one more time, and then we can get at the rest of the problems on your set.
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Mine is on 120/240 1ph which is where I want it but will not switch to the other settings. I can rotate it ccw 90° and it springs back. I read some of you exercise this switch a few times a year to keep it freed up and contacts working. Could my problem be I'm only getting one leg of...
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