Your last generator Maintenance Run
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Popgadget
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Actually, I think that it does charge it, but it needs the battery to start and run. So if the battery is dead, you are dead in the water.
I might be wrong, but that’s what I remember from looking at the manual when we were troubleshooting it.
daugen
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well I hope to never take it apart to see Paul. Ariens provides an external small black box charger for the internal battery.
But then again my generator also came with a separate tiny charger and a charging port on the panel, so that clearly charges the battery.
Now I'm not sure if they provide an external charger, do they provide a charge while run feature?
The big issue to me is regulation. Will it shut off entirely and not fry the battery. The "automatic" ones were/are supposed to.
I'd much rather use a better quality smart charger to charge it.
I particularly like the ones that somehow autodetect what kind of battery they are hooked up to.
always used to confuse me what a gel battery was. Kind of an agm? Like so many things, too bad they didn't agree on one voltage.
my gen is around 14hp and a little much to pull start. I have a remote start for it I've never used.
Honestly don't trust it, want to go out and pull off the cover, make sure there are no critters living under there, and then
I'll start it up with the big pushbutton. So far on propane it has always started within two seconds. Takes a little time for the fuel to make
its way in, probably worse in very cold weather. Less umph behind it.
this reminds me of snowblower engines not having air cleaners. I always thought that was penny wise and pound foolish.
might search for electrical schematic on both the snowblower and generator to see if they incorporate a charging circuit. If they have one,
think I can assume they have hooked it up to the battery
But then again my generator also came with a separate tiny charger and a charging port on the panel, so that clearly charges the battery.
Now I'm not sure if they provide an external charger, do they provide a charge while run feature?
The big issue to me is regulation. Will it shut off entirely and not fry the battery. The "automatic" ones were/are supposed to.
I'd much rather use a better quality smart charger to charge it.
I particularly like the ones that somehow autodetect what kind of battery they are hooked up to.
always used to confuse me what a gel battery was. Kind of an agm? Like so many things, too bad they didn't agree on one voltage.
my gen is around 14hp and a little much to pull start. I have a remote start for it I've never used.
Honestly don't trust it, want to go out and pull off the cover, make sure there are no critters living under there, and then
I'll start it up with the big pushbutton. So far on propane it has always started within two seconds. Takes a little time for the fuel to make
its way in, probably worse in very cold weather. Less umph behind it.
this reminds me of snowblower engines not having air cleaners. I always thought that was penny wise and pound foolish.
might search for electrical schematic on both the snowblower and generator to see if they incorporate a charging circuit. If they have one,
think I can assume they have hooked it up to the battery
Long detailed article on the blackout in TX last Winter.
The Texas Electric Grid Failure Was a Warm-up
A good example of how bad things can get, when you are not prepared to deal with cold temperatures.
Rgds, D.
The Texas Electric Grid Failure Was a Warm-up
A good example of how bad things can get, when you are not prepared to deal with cold temperatures.
Rgds, D.
I like proper filtration on everything, but I sort of grok the choice with snowblowers...... little dirt in the air compared to what summer engines deal with, and I think the concern with snowblowers (other than people just ignoring filter changes on everything) is running for hours in blizzard conditions - an air filter could ice over or pack up with snow w/o the operator noticing. Not great to suck snow in "raw", but if it keeps running through terrible conditions, that is one less complaining customer.
I haven't looked closely at snowblowers in quite a while, but I know the older ones had (at least as an option) 120VAC starters on bigger stuff here. Wouldn't help if the grid was down, but guys I've known who used them said the AC starters worked fine.
Start your generator (for exercise) to start your snowblower ?
Rgds, D.
grsthegreat
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My snowblower has 120v starter. No battery to worry about. If i stop it while blowing snow it pull starts real easy 1 pull.
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I'm guessing Texas has not banned Wood Stoves and Fire Places...
They do seem to design most blowers well.... even gearheads don't have much patience for a balky engine when the mercury drops out of sight....
Rgds, D.
You couldn't give me enough kevlar to convince me to table that legislation in TX !
Rgds, D
PILOON
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As U know most filters are fine porous foam elements or paper.
With all that snow flying around those filters would clog up rapidly.
Even some large tractors can come to a halt from snow clogged filters if they are located so as to allow ingesting blowing snow.
With all that snow flying around those filters would clog up rapidly.
Even some large tractors can come to a halt from snow clogged filters if they are located so as to allow ingesting blowing snow.