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Michele Hollister Posted on Jun 02, 2017
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My generac generator came on and there is no power outage. It has a solid green light but seems hot

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With the brand name of a generator, this does not matter in most cases, but it may happen that the circuit breaker is defective or is only ejected, nevertheless, always use a multimeter for operating reliability, if that does not help the second thing Is a large capacitor intern where the plug blocks are located mostly at the rear of the generator.

The capacitor may be deformed or even short-circuited in rare cases.
fault finding repair tips for brushless capacitor compensated generator

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Yellow is likely a battery issue. Low battery voltage or not charging, failed battery, etc.

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