Not much comes to mind. Plug something else into the
generator, and see if the genset is putting out power.

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Nick Danger wrote:
Looking for generator repair advice...
I have a Winco 900-watt Tri-Fuel generator with about 320
hours on it
for home standby use. It's worked well for years - it
easily powers
everything in the house except the central AC. During a
power outage
last night, after it had been running for about five
hours, I turned on
the basement light switch, the lights flashed momentarily
and then went
out. The only other load in the basement is a dehumidifier
that I always
keep running when on generator power as it helps stabilize
the output. I
then found that the breaker for the basement had tripped.
We've been in
the house over 20 years and I've never seen that breaker
trip. I reset
the breaker and then the entire house went dark. The
generator kept
right on running with no noticeable change in sound (i.e.
it didn't
sound like it was working harder or easing up). I tried
resetting the
breakers on the generator, plugged a light into the
outlets on the
generator panel - but nothing worked. I turned it off for
a while to see
if maybe the problem was heat-related. Still no luck. It
starts up just
fine but produces no power. It seems unlikely that the
problem would be
a loss of residual magnetism. It gets exercised regularly,
and it was
running for five hours when it failed. Does anyone have
any suggestions
for things to look for?

btw: After the main power came on, I turned on the breaker
for the
basement and everything functioned normally.

tia

Sounds like the utility power came on and fried your
generator. Did you
have the MAINS off?