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Default Generac 8Kw generator balky start and transfer switch makes clickingsounds

On 12/21/2014 07:58 PM, Danny D. wrote:
trader_4 wrote, on Sun, 21 Dec 2014 10:45:21 -0800:

more of a curiousity at this point.


I have a call in to Generac (left a message), so, hopefully on
Monday, they'll let us know how the battery is charged.


With this being the week of Festivus, good luck with that...LOL.

What you could do is open the hood on your generator and measure/record the battery voltage.

Then disconnect the ground lead of the battery, wait 24 hours, and measure the battery voltage again.

If the battery voltage drops after being disconnected from the generator for 24 hours, the generator obviously has a grid-powered charging circuit.

Capeesh?