[AT] Northern California weather - was generators

Grant Brians sales at heirloom-organic.com
Thu Jan 23 10:47:57 PST 2014


Our weather is frost each morning and highs each afternoon/evening between
the 60s and low 80s! This is NOT January normal. We already have our first
Potato crops in the soil - about 10 acres so far and I expect they will not
get frosted down....
         Grant

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Ken Knierim
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 2:37 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Winco generator question


Good luck on the gen.

I don't miss the cold weather. It's in the lower 70's right now and I
noticed my peach trees are budding out... got a blossom on one of them
already. Dang... spring is too early!

Ken in AZ


On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Howard Fleming
<hfleming at moosebird.net>wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
> It does.  Thanks!
>
> Guess I will be tearing it down as soon as the temps here get above
> freezing (later this week I hope).
>
> If that does not work, time to buy another one.
>
> Howard
>
>
> On 01/22/2014 11:02 AM, Ken Knierim wrote:
> > Howard,
> >      Thanks for the link... lots of information in there. Still need to
> see
> > whether they have one for my exact model (a 13kw unit with a Wards
> label).
> > As far as a rectifier, mine came with 4 individual aluminum clad diodes
> > that were clamped down (kinda rickety but worked I guess) and I replaced
> > them with a single bridge rectifier. Since DC needs to go to the field
> from
> > the rectifier, it wasn't hard to take my old battery charger and make
> sure
> > the field had been flashed.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Ken in AZ
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Howard Fleming <hfleming at moosebird.net
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Ken,
> >>
> >> I am hoping it is the rectifier, I just have not been able to find
where
> >> they put it (so far).  Looks like I am going to have to pull it apart
> >> for a better look.  May need to flash it also?  Still learning as I go.
> >>
> >> If your generator was built by Winco, you might be able to find a
manual
> >> for it (if you do not already have one) at:
> >>
> >> http://www.wincogen.com/Winpower_Downloads/
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Howard
> >>
> >>
> >> On 01/20/2014 06:35 PM, Ken Knierim wrote:
> >>> I've got a Wards that I think was built by Winco. It's developed an
> >>> affinity for nuking the rectifier section... granted I'm probably not
> >> using
> >>> the right part but overreving will give them some extra zap. At any
> rate,
> >>> I've been using a 4 amp 600 volt bridge rectifier I cobbed out of a PC
> >>> power supply. I know its underpowered (probably voltage when it
spikes)
> >> as
> >>> this is a 240 V output that it rectifies to feed into the field (which
> is
> >>> DC). When it goes out, the unit does nothing. No voltage or anything.
> If
> >>> you have voltage showing on the readout, the problem isn't the
> rectifier
> >>> but probably in the breakers or wiring. I'm still learning generators
> so
> >> my
> >>> knowledge kinda stops here though.
> >>>
> >>> Ken in AZ
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Howard Fleming <
> hfleming at moosebird.net
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Since some of you on this list work on generators, I need some help
> with
> >>>> a Winco PTO generator that I have.
> >>>>
> >>>> I was setting it up for use last week (power was out again).  The
unit
> >>>> was turning, but not at 540 rpms, and was not hooked up to the
> transfer
> >>>> switch yet.
> >>>>
> >>>> I got a yellowish flash out of the front of the unit, the tractor
when
> >>>> under load briefly, and then no output.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have checked the brushes (all appear good), and checked the field
> >>>> coils (~ 14 ohms with the coils in series (disconnected), and was not
> >>>> grounded to the case that I could tell.
> >>>>
> >>>> Anything else I should look at, is it worth spending any money on the
> >>>> unit to have a local shop look at it, or should I just purchase a
> >>>> replacement unit?  The generator was built in 1962.
> >>>>
> >>>> Pictures of the generator are at
> >>>> http://www.moosebird.net/generator/index.html
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for any help or suggestions.
> >>>>
> >>>> Howard
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