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Old 02-19-2017, 11:21 AM   #17
seattleboatguy
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Originally Posted by djmarchand View Post
seattleboatguy:

Before you even think about removing and shipping to Broward, check or replace your capacitor. Most are 40 mfd and Amazon has them for less than $10.

To check, disconnect the wires and hook up an analogue ohmmeter set to low range to the terminals. The resistance should start out low and then slowly rise as the capacitor charges to the meter's resistance sensing voltage. If it is immediately high, it is bad.

These fail routinely on marine generators due to heat. So if you have that kind of capacitor excitation, and it looks like you do, then 99% of the time a bad capacitor is what causes no ouput voltage.

David
That sounds like something even I could do. I'll give it a shot. Thanks very much.
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