XPost: sci.electronics.repair, alt.home.repair   
   From: _arlen.george@halder.edu   
      
   On Mon, 28 Oct 2019 15:42:59 -0400, Clare Snyder wrote:   
      
   > That brings up another point though - were you not aware MONTHS ago   
   > that the genset was not functioning properly? I seem to remember you   
   > making a half-assed attempt at getting information about it WAYYYY   
   > back. The time to find out it needed that breaker , and sourcing it at   
   > leisure was THEN.   
      
   Hi Clare,   
      
   You have a good memory, but, not quite good enough :) (I say that in good   
   humor, as you do have a good memory, as do I on such things.)   
      
   Fact is, it's not that simple, where the problem is always in DEBUGGING.   
      
      
   Last time, I thought the problem was the relays, which, you'll see in this   
   picture, were each labeled and then swapped (since the two 100Amp transfer   
   panels are duplicates), and yet, they failed the same both ways.   
      
      
   We also didn't know if the problem was in the actual transfer solenoid,   
   which, I must add, for one, I had to manually flip it, even this time, but   
   with some things broken, I'm not sure if that's a first order or second   
   order effect.   
      
   Thirdly, there were two fuses missing, where I replaced those two fuses in   
   the interim.   
      
   And, fourthly, while I'm sure there is a testing sequence, you never really   
   get to test these things under real world circumstances until power goes   
   out.   
      
   Luckily, out here, in California, we don't have to wait long for THAT to   
   happen, now do we?   
      
   In short, it wasn't until I did all that and the power went out, that I   
   realized it was something else, which is when I finally took the breaker   
   out and realized it was half broken (it doesn't LOOK bad from the outside,   
   but it's bad in the inside).   
      
   Who knew?   
   Not me.   
   Until recently.   
      
   And, I only found out today, after three days running on propane,   
   that the battery was at 6volts, where who knows WHY the battery isn't   
   charging when the generator is running...   
      
      
   Luckily, Rube Goldberg borrowed a car, to jump the generator, and then   
   another battery to use to run the generator, and then with the power in the   
   house, I'm charging the original battery that has been on the generator for   
   the past 3 days due to the PG&E mismanagement outage.   
      
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