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Anonymous Posted on Aug 28, 2010

I have a honda ex1000 generator. The owners manual gives specs of 120vac at 3600rpm. Also 12 volt dc to charge a battery. It starts and runs great but measures 240 vac at both receptacles. There is no regulator on the unit. Is this wired for use in Europe or Australia?

  • Anonymous Sep 03, 2010

    I appreciate the wiring diagram. I got the owners manual from the owner of the unit and it has the same information you provided. I cannot determine which, if any, components might be the cause of the boost in output. The dc volts at the terminals on the unit read 30 volts in addition to 240vac at the receptacles. Could a defective rectifier allow these readings? I have not found any burnt wiring or harness connectors. I am not inclined to tear into the generator part as I really don't know how to properly test the system components.

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If it is in fact made for the country's you stated then that's common do to they don't use 110 but unlikely do to there sales are international in reading the manual the rating is
120volt 60 Hz rated 900va max 1000va
the 12volt section 12volts 8.3 amp current
i am attaching 3 pix's of the wiring diag so you can trace the wires hope this helpsI have a honda ex1000 - b34e74f.jpgb589d04.jpg

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    Robert Sep 03, 2010

    at the lower part of the wiring diag you see the stator housing ther is a set of Diodes these need to be checkedthey will need to be removed and tested to test use a ohm meter and set to the Diode setting or the 200 to 2000 ohm's settings the diode will have a stripe this is the cathode side to test place one lead on each end it won't matter you should read any reading when you reverse the leads you should not get a reading if you get a reading bolth ways replace them same if you dont get any readings as to the rectifier yes this will cause i issue as to testing you need to have the specks for the diode it is nothing more that 4 Diodes in a package but you need to know witch points are the annode and cathode it is better just to replace ther only around $5.00 and under i hope this helps. please repost your findings

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