Pilot
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2004
- Messages
- 1,208
- Location
- Oregon
- Tractor
- JD 770, Yanmar 180D, JD 420 (not running), had a Kubota B6200
Had a storm 2 weeks ago, lost power, fired up the old faithful generator, lights failed to come to full brightness. Not a lot dimmer than usual, but enough to question it. After a few hours I decided to check the voltage & read 106-108. Even with my limited knowledge of electricity (I know how to make sparks, but that's about it) I knew that wasn't good. Took the thing to a highly recommended shop, they said it would be ready if about 4 days.
Monday was day 4, counting only business days & they hadn't gotten to it yet, but said Tuesday morning they would be on it.
Tuesday morning, lots of wind, power went out, but I wasn't home & didn't know. But I started checking out new generators in the early afternoon after the shop said they were just starting to check it out. Called my bride at about 2 & that's when I learned about the outage. Bought the last 7KW generator that Lowe's had, $809 with the veteran's discount. Lowe's said I could return it if I didn't have to use it. Good insurance.
By the time I got home, power was on. Then off. Then on an hour later. Then off. An hour or so, on again. Took our chances, but then it failed again & we were out in the garage setting it up by flashlight. 4 failures in one day, the worst we've ever had. Zero last year and maybe once the year before.
This morning we had an ice storm.
Still haven't heard from the shop.
At least the new generator runs pretty well, and 7KW continuous, 10KW surge is nice.
Monday was day 4, counting only business days & they hadn't gotten to it yet, but said Tuesday morning they would be on it.
Tuesday morning, lots of wind, power went out, but I wasn't home & didn't know. But I started checking out new generators in the early afternoon after the shop said they were just starting to check it out. Called my bride at about 2 & that's when I learned about the outage. Bought the last 7KW generator that Lowe's had, $809 with the veteran's discount. Lowe's said I could return it if I didn't have to use it. Good insurance.
By the time I got home, power was on. Then off. Then on an hour later. Then off. An hour or so, on again. Took our chances, but then it failed again & we were out in the garage setting it up by flashlight. 4 failures in one day, the worst we've ever had. Zero last year and maybe once the year before.
This morning we had an ice storm.
Still haven't heard from the shop.
At least the new generator runs pretty well, and 7KW continuous, 10KW surge is nice.