Questionhello ben i need some help i have a sears generator model 580.32191
searle is 0226674/ ok so hear is what wrong i start up the generator and it starts in one pull and runs smoothly and don't smoke and the generator part works but no volts to the plug.
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what i have tryed
1.check the gas tank
2.check the spark plug and wire
3.check the baring,moter, wireing and the 110 plug.
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I'm stumped pleas help
AnswerGlenn
How long has this generator been sitting with out being used?
The first test on a portable generator that runs but does not produce power is to check for residual magnetism in the rotor. With your multi meter on the AC VOLTS run the engine and probe a 110V recepticle with each test lead. If it reads 6-zero volts, flash the field, and retest generator. Residual magnetism is stored in the rotor core, and is sometimes lost after storing equipment for some time. Every generator has a different procedure to flash the field, but it is not difficult. It will require you to make a cord up to supply the energy to the rotor with the engine running, by means of either a 12V battery, or a 110V household electrical source. I will need some kind of Manufactures model to give you the procedure, and any other information you can supply. Residual magnetism restoration is easy to do, and is the leading cause of no electricity being produced. If no other information can be found on the frame or generator head, I need to know for sure it is of brushless design.
There are way too many generators out there, so guessing at the procedure is a shot in the dark, but if it were mine, and there was no way to identify it, I would attempt to restore residual magnetism in the rotor by taking a male ended electrical cord, and strip back the wires so you can plug one end in to one of the receptacles, the other end attach alligator clips. Trace the narrow spade in the receptacle and mark it. To this homemade jumper you need to connect a 12 volt power source such as a fully charged car battery- But not yet. Get the jumper ready, Turn the engine switch off, remove spark plug lead, and double check the wire with the wide spade is connecting to the negative side of the battery, the narrow spade to the positive. When your ready to make the connection, connect the wires to the battery and immediately pull the rope quickly 7 times and immediately disconnect battery. 9 times out of 10 you'll be back in business, if not repeat this procedure up to 3 times. Good luck!
You will be taking a car battery and hooking it up to the generator through the receptacle with the jumper you make. What you are doing is sending electricity into the rotor of the generator from the fully charged car battery.
The reason the procedure is to be performed quickly is because your essentially creating a short on the battery side. When the battery is connected, turning the rotor with the current supplied to it is re-magnetizing it. Think of it like how a refrigerator magnet slowly loses it's strength. The rotor needs a small amount of ever-present magnetism to start the generator process. When the rotor is turned with the residual magnetism present it creates current flow in the stator. This current is fed back into the rotor turning it into a big electro magnet that produces much more electron flow in the stator, thus producing an amount of A/C current determined by number of windings and engine RPM.
