Getting back down to earth, can any of you electrical wizards tell me how to find a guy that can diagnose and maybe fix my 14kw Winpower (predecessor to Winco) pto generator ? Unit is probably 10 or more years old, 2 pole, less than 200 hours total operating time because only used for outages. I recently tried to test maximum demand (house and barn). A little blue smoke appeared near the 3-pt hitch and I shut things down. Now I get nothing at all at 540 rpm pto speed, 2200 engine rpm, 28 hp tractor pto power. Generator was made in France, don't know about gen gearbox. Everything (u-joints etc) runs smoothly, no visual evidence of overheating, gearbox oil good. Circuit breaker (60 amp) not tripped. Electrical load included some resistance heating, 240 well pump, fridge, lighting -- usual household stuff. Replacement Winco gen about $3k which is a lot more than replacing an internal diode.
Might be something as simple as that, but who can tell me?