Generator keeps tripping

[topchippyles]

Change the cord first before pissing about with switches, Bet you have a worn out section which would not trip on a mains circuit but would on a genny 

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, billpierce said:

When you say tripping do you mean stalling or tripping the fuse/rcd?

I was assuming he meant it was tripping a RCD that had to be reset each time.

 

What I was thinking  was the switch on current was  inducing a spike in a floating earth conductor.

[topchippyles]

will be the rcd/mcb on a genny 

[Wonky]

He said he flicked the switch before and worked.. this equals soft start ..

 

id say the answers for the problem are all above, in no particular order...

 

china gen not rated properly, or older gen not making the power (brushes ? Worn ?) Hence 800w on startup wants 2.4k

 

try it at home  (drill) and see what it does..  find another juicy power hungry tool and try in the gen

 

but saying all this,, last time I sucked to much power out of the gen on a 2k China  thing.. with a 1750 skill saw it Burt the capacitor out.

edit,,, I was trying to rip some bone dry ash..and I had the magic smoke coming from the wood. Then the gen died.?

Edited December 27, 2019 by Wonky

[dig-dug-dan]

10 hours ago, Wonky said:

He said he flicked the switch before and worked.. this equals soft start ..

 

id say the answers for the problem are all above, in no particular order...

 

china gen not rated properly, or older gen not making the power (brushes ? Worn ?) Hence 800w on startup wants 2.4k

 

try it at home  (drill) and see what it does..  find another juicy power hungry tool and try in the gen

 

but saying all this,, last time I sucked to much power out of the gen on a 2k China  thing.. with a 1750 skill saw it Burt the capacitor out.

edit,,, I was trying to rip some bone dry ash..and I had the magic smoke coming from the wood. Then the gen died.?

The genny runs the cement mixer, and if I stop the mixer with a full drum, and then start it, putting it under load, no problem. Genny also runs a compressor, ordinary drill and even a small kettle!

Yes it's the rcd on the genny, not a fuse, so I just flick a switch to reset it.

[Macpherson]

Hi, I had similar with a 15kg Chinese demo hammer... shortly after it started tripping the genny it fizzed up and melted all the brass at the brushes when plugged into the mains, you might have a problem at the brushes, cheers.

[Wonky]

Long story,,,,I fitted a spur plug socket the other day  from the mains  it tripped the rcd.. in this box of pixies there are two sides of neutral that are separated, why I don’t know.  after plucking a few hairs I disconnected the earth, it did not trip the rcd like it did before... I plucked a few more hairs...

i gotta have earth an connection, it works with out earth,, I wonder if I  swap the neutral wire over to the other side and connect the earth. 

Bingo it worked.

i saw a mate who’s involved with solar pv farms...  he plays with pixies that go into the national grid... 

his explination was  what pixies come in the live,,they run round into what ever you got plugged in and run back out into the neutral and back into the grid,,, what that rcd does, it counts how many pixies come in and go out.. if the right amount don’t go out you got leakage ie pixies hopping out somewhere. So the rcd trips

 

so my guess is dirt/dust  in your drill, and it’s damp/ oily and those darn pixies are skipping out to earth.. or you got a little slit in a wire and there doing the same

 

it s just a thought,,, and should do the same on a mains supply.. as long as you don’t let it dry out over night..

Edit,,, in the mains box I fitted the spur,  the rcd was connected to the 2nd neutral I tried, that’s why I think it thought pixies were escaping

i hope this helps ?

Edited December 28, 2019 by Wonky