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Posted on Aug 15, 2009

Installed a 20K gen to run 5 ton a/c and a couple of small appliances and well pump, After electrician left a circuit board burnt up in the a/c. Any ideas?

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A couple of things, there could have been a problem with the connection (transfer switch) or if your underpowering the unit (C air takes a lot of juice to run) you can also fry the circuits as well. Too little power can do just as much damage as too much power. make sure the load of the Gen is sufficient to run all your devices based on whats running all at a time. if your Gen is only ment to run 60% of the house and you have 80% of it running you ca do damage to your electrics as well as the generator. have your electrician come back out and inspect/account for his work.

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