Coleman Pro-Gen 5000

I started the Coleman Generator problem thread about two weeks ago. It quit producing power after about 1 hr 15 min. After dissassembly I found an overheated exciter coil, a defective capacitor and a burned open foil on the pcb. I removed the bad 19 turn coil and wound a new one in the stator. I got a quart of motor varnish at a motor repair shop and revarnished the coil. I baked the stator in my wifes oven! I varnished and baked the unit twice just for safety. (I did note that one of the fiber insulators was not properly placed in the stator, I think this is where the coil rubbed the stator and shorted, causing the failure) I replaced the bad capacitor and repaired the open foil. This morning I reassembled the unit and fired it up. It works! I applied a 3300 watt load and it's been running almost 4 hrs at 119.2 volts. Mike PS. Anybody want to buy a generator? ;-)

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amdx
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Put mine with it, and we can sell 'em as a matched pair.

(Mine has ongoing carbeurator problems.) Which I guess actually isn't all that unexpected given the total lack of use this baby gets.

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mpm

Put mine with it, and we can sell 'em as a matched pair.

(Mine has ongoing carbeurator problems.) Which I guess actually isn't all that unexpected given the total lack of use this baby gets.

Ya, I didn't open the box for three years. And then when I needed it most....

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amdx

Good going! Glad to hear you got it fixed. Watch out for the oil level sensor switch failure. It erroneously indicates that the oil level has dropped too low. That prevents the engine from running.

Ed

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ehsjr

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