"donald" wrote in message
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amdx wrote:
"BobW" wrote in message
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"amdx" wrote in message
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Interesting thread. Glad to hear you got yours running and sorry to
hear
that they closed doors on the factory.
Don't rush me Oppie,
I haven't got it working yet. I rewound the coil, varnished and baked
it twice. Now I'm waiting on the capacitor.
Mike :-)

Hurry up, Mike! You fill us with anticipation and then you make us wait.
Very inconsiderate.

8-}

Bob

Ok, Bob here's the end story.
I started the Coleman Generator problem thread about two weeks ago.
It quit producing power after about 1 hr 15 min.
After dissassembly I found an overheated exciter coil, a defective
capacitor and a burned open foil on the pcb.
I removed the bad 19 turn coil and wound a new one in the stator. I got
a quart of motor varnish at a motor repair shop and revarnished the coil.
I baked the stator in my wifes oven! I varnished and baked the unit twice
just for safety.
(I did note that one of the fiber insulators was not properly placed in
the stator, I think this is where the coil rubbed the stator and shorted,
causing the failure) I replaced the bad capacitor and repaired the open
foil.
This morning I reassembled the unit and fired it up. It works!
I applied a 3300 watt load and it's been running almost 4 hrs at 119.2
volts.
Mike

Do you have time to post some pics ?

donald
I wish I had taken some pictures especially of the capacitor. After I cut
it open and inspected it, I called my 14yr old son in and shower him the
rolled contruction and
how the connection points were in the center of the length.
Mike