Ignoramus30015 wrote:

On 2010-12-23, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

steamer wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

You had an 18 KW Generac in your RV?
--Yeah that sounds about right. When I bought the RV, like a "smart"
buyer I turned on the genny and let it run for a few minutes: no problemo.
But the first time I took the RV on a long trip and I reeeeeally needed the
genny to run the A/C it quit after about a 15 min run! Wouldn't start up
again until it had cooled down (and I warmed up!). Turns out there's an
issue with a coil of some sort that overheats, causes shorts, and stops
working.
--I called Generac, or rather tried to: they've been bought out by
another co and they don't seem to give a **** about old machine repair! I
couldn't get *anyone* to give me ANY help at all; i.e. no addresses of
authorized repair centers, no parts available from mfr, etc. In other words
it's a dead duck and I bought a pig in a poke.


How old is it? At some point in time, all brands drop long term
support.

I still can buy parts for my 1974 Clausing lathe. I am happy and
Clausing makes money/.


That's not old, for a lathe. They made the parts. the last time I
checked, I could still buy every body part for a 50 year old 'Union
City' step van from the factory. They were the steel bodied GMC &
Chevy, and mabe some other brands. How about this? I can still buy
'Edison Base' lamps, which were first made over 130 years ago.


Now, try that with a 50 year old, non military standby generator of
any brand.


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For the last time: I am not a mad scientist, I'm just a very ticked off
scientist!!!