Any ideas why my Honda generator won't produce power?

4570Man · Mar 21, 2016

Sawyer Rob said:
EXCEPT, generator motors have a "tapered" shaft, so they are hard to be useful for anything else... SR

That's nothing an extremely cheap person such as myself can't fix with a metal lathe.

David_Kb7uns · Mar 21, 2016

Somebody thought of the taped shaft problem but wants $60 for the adapter.

Crank Shaft Adapter Taper to 1" inch Generator Pressure Washer Engine Bushing | eBay

David

zzvyb6 · Mar 21, 2016

Troubleshooting a Generator with A No Power issue - YouTube

Voltage regulator.

Tractor Seabee · Mar 21, 2016

Google tapered shaft adapter. there are even ones specific for the Honda engines.

Ron

Billrog · Mar 21, 2016

I have a larger generator that quit producing power and it was the brushes which have to be replaced every 1,000 hrs. Your generator may be new enough that it doesn't have any brushes.

KYErik · Mar 21, 2016

I got an old Honda 3500 model a few years ago for $100 that had the same issue (ran good but made no electricity). I did a lot of internet research and some multimeter testing and it turned out to be a bad diode. A trip to radio shack and some soldering fixed it right up.

Gary Fowler · Mar 24, 2016

KYErik said:
I got an old Honda 3500 model a few years ago for $100 that had the same issue (ran good but made no electricity). I did a lot of internet research and some multimeter testing and it turned out to be a bad diode. A trip to radio shack and some soldering fixed it right up.

Now that Radio Shack has closed it's doors, where do you go to get electronic parts?

Industrial Toys · Mar 24, 2016

Just find a Ham and ask him for a diode. Digi-Key is an awesome company, but the shipping would cost a hundred times more then one gp silicone diode.

I had a small Yanmar genset rewound and for whatever reason, it would never self excite. I just put a permanent pushbutton switch on the panel that I have to push to get power. Don't remember, might have used a small relay in there as well.