alt.energy.homepower

Basically you need to magnetize the field winding with say a 12vdc source.
The owners manual typically will describe the procedure.
The last gen that I flashed was a industrial 50hz 3kw motorized generator. I
disconnected the field and fed 12vdc into the field windings. As long as the
field core is slightly magnetized it will be enough to get the stator to
produce enough voltage to get the exciter going.

Cheers

"Chuck Jurgens" wrote in message
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>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?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck
>
>