This is a Generac Centurion 16kw generator. When the main house breaker is thrown, the generator does not come on. Nor does the generator come on for its weekly ten minute test run. The generator is seven years old with less than thirty run hours. The battery posts have been cleaned and the oil still has a honey color. Any ideas of where to start looking?
Generac generator
- Thread starter Ratchet
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Throwing the main may not turn the generator on depending on how it is wired. Is the transfer switch wired after the meter and before the main panel? Is the wiring on the transfer switch wired to the correct terminals?
qcroanoke
Sometimes I don't know if I'm the boxer or the bag
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If it has operated correctly in the past and now it won't and you have changed nothing you probably have a dead battery, locked out on a shut-down or a number of things could be wrong.
You probably should call a Generac authorized technician. He will know where to start.
You probably should call a Generac authorized technician. He will know where to start.
Of course after you first contacted geneerac what did they say? If general failed to support you then the rest of us would like to know about it.
bsmith8691
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Will the genset come on in the manual start mode?
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JFletcher
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- Williamsburg, VA
Shouldnt a 7 y/o generac have more than 30 hrs runtime just on self-tests? 15min x 1/week = 13hrs/year... even a 10 min test is 8+ hrs/year. What do the error codes read?
JFletcher
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Give the man a cigar. Occam's Razor proven once again.
Glad the OP found the problem, and ty for clarifying the run time.
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