[AT] Generator--doing funny things

[Mike Sloane]

Are you checking the voltage with no load? I *think* that a solid state 
regulator needs something plugged into the alternator to set the voltage.

Mike

John Wilkens wrote:
> I just got an older portable 12 HP 110V/220V generator.  The Briggs runs 
> great but the AC generator output is strange.  The two 110 V outlets put 
> out about 195 volts each and the 220V outlet puts out about 390V (tested 
> with two different meters).  If I disconnect the two black leads and one 
> white lead coming out ot the generator from the outlets and test between 
> each black lead and the white lead I get a voltage on each of about 45 
> volts.   What do I have here??  John
> 
>                    In the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon
>  

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