did a load test on the battery... it showed 13.99 volts... but when I put
the load cell on it... it dropped to 6.9 volts in about 2 seconds and only
recovered to about 8.3... battery is 6 years old so I guess I got my time
out of it...
thanks for all the suggestions off to buy a new battery...
john
----- Original Message -----
From: "John T. Blair" <jblair1948 at cox.net>
To: "shop-talk" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] generac generator won't start ???
> At 03:41 PM 6/26/2011, John Niolon wrote:
>
> >more info... went out in the 97 degrees and disconnected the
> starter from the engine... hooked up battery charger to
> >the starter directly and it spun away... hooked up to the bendix
> and it kicked the gear out for engagement with the
> >flywheel... so I stuck it all back together and tried it again...
> (nothing stuck on the starter...check
>
> John,
>
> Well, that sure sounds like the starter is OK.
>
> >hooked the battery charger to the battery and put it in start mode
> 120amp... and I still get the 5 or 6 clicks from the relay
> >but have confirmed that each click does actuate the bendix but the
> bendix will not stay engaged...
>
> The Battery charger and the battery, act like a good battery. So that
> infers that the main wire to the starter is bad.
>
> You can check that out, but checking the voltage at the battery when you
> are trying to crank the engine. The battery
> voltage should be above 11V when cranking. If not, then the battery or
> the charger isn't working, or you have a bad connection. Now check the
> voltage at the starter of the main power wire. It too should be above
> 11V. If not measure
> the voltage drop on the main feed wire. Place the positive lead on the
> positive battery terminal and the negative meter
> lead on the main power wire at the starter, and try to start the engine.
> The voltage on the meter should be less than 1V.
>
> If not, there is either a bad connection at the battery, starter, or the
> the connectors on the wire are bad, or the wire is
> broken in the unsulation.
>
> John
>
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