Group: alt.energy.homepower
From: T. Keating
Date: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:33 AM
Subject: Re: How to flash an AC generator

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:57:45 -0400, "Chuck Jurgens"
wrote:

>I bought a 6000 watt home generator new and ran it twice. Haven't had
>occasion to use it in the past 4 years. Started it up the other day and the
>engine ran fine but the generator won't produce power. It was working fine
>when I last used it.
>
>I was told that it needed to be flashed. Can anyone tell me how to do that?

While the generator is NOT running.

Temporarily (~10secs) connect up a charged 12V battery to one of the
110v outputs.

Disconnect battery and start generator..