New Storm Responder Generator Stopped Making Power
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- čas přidán 7. 12. 2022
- Found this generator on Facebook Marketplace. It was advertised as a brand new generator with zero hours hours on the engine. According to the seller "The engine runs but the generator does not produce any power". It looks to be in great condition. How bad can it be? Lets find out what's wrong and hopefully fix it.
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Great video James. The dishonesty of the seller about this generator makes me sad about human nature. Kind Regards, Craig
Nothing surprises me anymore
They will disconnect hour meter on mowers and generators all the time
@@philliphall5198 MANY are defective FROM their source
Any time I take anything apart I take a boat load of pictures with and without flash.
Where do you find the torque specifications?
They lie all the time in small engine busses
Just expect it
I've learned more from you than any other "mechanically inclined" individual. Thank you for your public service.
so true
Cool…… a cup of coffee and a new JC video what a cool way to start my day. Thanks James!
That powerhead failed catastrophically all because of one missing ziptie on the powerhead, very nice work bringing it back to life James!
Reminds of of the old phrase "For the want of a nail the shoe was lost........." Very easy for a trivial component loss or missing to cascade into complete failure. Glad that you were able to make this a useful generator again.
Dave.
I wasn't worried about your ability to literally "repower" this one, Jim. I was expecting spare parts, but reasonably priced new ones are even better. Might have liked to see you load it close to 6500 just to see if that new power head would put it out. Top quality as always and keep em coming!
Hey James! I recently discovered your channel and you have got to be the best teacher of any small engine channel I watch. Keep the awesome videos coming!
Lovely job James. The Chinese do not seem to use any sort of standards for color coding cables in manufacture We have ours in Europe and you have yours in North America. They are not the same but widely known. No one knows what the Chinese are doing. Only long experience enables you to know which powerheads, and sometimes other parts, are transferable into defunct machines and which ones will make commercial sense. Investing 300 or 400 dollars into buying new parts shows me that you have a certain confidence in what you do. I am much more reticent.
We have seen what one missing zip tie can cause. Brought back from the dead for sure. Thanks for posting.
One of my favorite shows on YT. Learned quite a bit about generators. Also enjoy when you fix other stuff. Really enjoyed the two Kart episodes and your kids sure had fun with it.
Great video James.
It's a great feeling to see you bringing it back to life, yet another win.
Well done James.
Worked at what WAS a B&S facility in McDonough Ga, we would get trailers full from the port in Savannah Ga. DIRECTLY from CHI NA , the loads many times had at least TEN or more DIFFERENT name brands and they ALL were produced in ONE factory
Fascinating James I enjoyed watching the process you do thanks.
Excellent video. I learned a lot about the required resistance measurements, and enjoyed watching you troubleshoot every aspect of the generator.
Great job as always Jim!
James, have you ever thought about a screw in adaptor to end of rotor, that you can attach a Plumbers Hand Operated Test Pump, to build up more pressure to release taper? Just a thought. Could someone near him make a 12mm x 1.75 pitch to NPT adaptor. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺
I am learning quite a bit by your videos. Thanks for all you do.
James,
It's been a while since I have seen any of your posts and as always your work and repair are above board and informative for those of us that DYI as much as we can.
Michael
Nicely done, and I learned a couple of things this morning.
Glad you had a way to bring that unit back into useable service. Great job
seems like you haven't made any videos for a while ,good to see you back at it!
Very good fix and fine tuning by you.
Thanks, I enjoyed your explanation of the circuits, using the VOM and explaining the expected electrical readings. Liked your Demonstrating the difference of legs and neutrals. Very thorough. Liked your tips while going through the electrical circuit.
Excellent job James
What a magician with Gensets... well done Jim
Hi Mr. James!!! Great video!!! Nice job... thanks!!!😁👍👍👍👍👍
Just as good as new well done great job keep it up.
You make it all look so easy. Your warning to others not to try this if they are not sure is really helpful too. Thanks that was very enjoyable and rewarding to watch :)
A bit of a roller coaster but I knew you could do it James. Thanks. Ed
Great video. Very complete descriptions and very clear videos!
Some excellent advice about 45 minutes in, as always great job and video
The mix n match is great information. Great job.
Outstanding video very informative, specially about reconnecting the electrical part of it 👏
Hi James nicely done mate I always keep learning from you Still not using your new bench lift thanks for sharing
James to the rescue again, well done James. Always informative and useful tips along the way. Great work keep them coming....
James are you really a brain surgeon doing this as a hobby? One of the previous videos I couldn’t beleave you fixed it ! Your a genius!,,keep them coming! Thanks
Really good video you explained everything that you were doing the video showed all the wiring done and checking everything again thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Excellent video. Thank you.
Excellent videos, thank you!
It's always nice to watch someone who knows what they're doing. And your ability to convey what you are doing is among the best.
His soothing demeanor and expertise remind me of Mr. Carlson's Lab. 😉
Thanks for the vid James.
Very nicely done! Happy Holidays!
Great job, thank you.
Another fix ( the generator and me!!), nicely done, I think when I get a genny I will go over it bearing in mind this video, to make sure it doesn't go the same way. Thanks again....
Another new lesson in life. Thanks for an awesome video.
Great job, basically a brand new machine!
Used to service cash registers - the phrase "Nice & Crispy" brings back old memories, and I quite agree with you about never a good sign, sigh!
I have the older Briggs Storm Responder 5500/8250 watt generator. It has been very reliable and easy starting. I'm surprised Briggs went the way they did with their newer generators today. After seeing how and where they are made today, there is no way I would buy a new one. I also see they went from a poly gas tank to metal. I prefer the poly tank because they don't rust. Sad☹
I don't understand why steel tanks are even used today although they have been a large part of my income as is rich people too lazy to take care of their equipment. Must be nice to throw away a $3k machine after three years because a wire got pulled from the PTO. Cost me $25 to service it and re-pin the connector. Posted it for $1500 and sold it for $1300 the next day.
I ordered a used plastic tank to replace steel tank on mine
Will make it fit
As usual, great video!
Thanks a lot for your videos, i probably looked all your videos in the last month.
That helped me a lot to fix an old honda em5000sx with a bad avr, dirty carburetor.
I did the oil change, new spark plug, new air filter.
I still need to replace the analogic voltmeter on the front, but it is too cold outside, i will do it next summer.
Now it will power my house in case of power outages. It happend many times here in Québec(Ca) you are à great teacher !
Again, many thanks!
Yes, with the electrical side an expert -such as you! - is essential!
James, if i didn't know any better i'd think you've done this before. 😁
Very nice job sir, very professionally done.
Refreshing to see someone make the repair and then test it and make the needed adjustments to make it right.
You don't know the number of machines i've dealt with coming straight from the factory that were just thrown together and didn't appear to have gone through a quality check before it left the factory, or they had the quality check sticker/tag on them but were still not setup correctly.
We need more people like you to help make things better 👍
Have a wonderful day and Merry Christmas!
Hy James. I recently discovered your You Tube videos. Thanks for all the info on repairing generators.
I really like your videos I've learned so much thanks for the lessons. I have a 8000 champion that stopped running at 25 hrs. Over voltage
Nicely done!! I enjoyed watching the entire thing. Good to know as my generator is somewhat similar.
I own one of these, thank you hurricane Matthew, and love it. Thanks for the video as I need to bump my voltage up as under about 50% load I was only getting 114v out and my led light in the house would flicker. The frequency was fine just the voltage was a little low. I have seen the same lights flicker (very annoying) when the utility is have a little sag in voltage.
Ho Lee Chit I thought this was going to be really good for you at first. Then you got it anyway. Was interesting to see how you saved it. I do remember your fixing other clones with the Ryobi . So I was thrilled to see you at work , congratulations!!
Great video James neither one brought back to life. Keep them coming. Also, thank you for the advice you gave me about my predator. I haven’t had a chance to do that yet on cleaning the slip rings I did look in there they do look kind of dirty just have not had a lot of time yet to do it
Nicely done in this repair. My situation was the same with a supposedly good generator and caught on fire when I got the engine going. Unfortunately my unit is 20 years old and shall have to rewind my stator. I don't want to abandon this 15kw Hatz diesel generator. Thanks again for a informative video.
Awesome job James!! I don't believe anything anyone says when they advertise something for sale. Thanks!
6204 is a standard metric bearing size with 47 mm outer, 20mm inner ring diameter and with 14 mm depth.
Thanks James. I am working on one now, and will go this route if I can't get it to power up.
The gray wire!, has some heat shrink trapped between the connector !
Great job on all the vids 👍
Thanks for helping keep me sane 😃
You were right about the price tag on those, I own one.
Thanks to you if I should ever have a problem like that I have a good reference on how to get a handle on it.
Another perfect resuscitation! Maybe feedback to the manufacturer would not hurt, send them the video! Probably others had a similar experience.
You should be the voice on tv and radio shows. Your sound so positive. Love your desire to repair generators. Love watching you work. Learned a lot from you. Thanks
Was on the radio last year with Ray Bohacz farmmachinerydigest.com/diagnosing-why-a-portable-generator-will-not-produce-electricity-aired-8-20-22/
Thanks for your videos, because of your teaching I was able to fix a very new IPower 12000 that gave out on our family unexpectedly because of quality control 🤗 a crappy brush set
I've adjusted those AVR's with the engine running without running into trouble.
I’m scared of electric so I don’t take a chance Lololo
Great Video, I have that same generator, great things to keep in mind. Not happy to find out it's not a true B&S engine.
Also check yours for the zip tie. I do not think they forgot. I worked on another recently and there was no zip tie on that one either holding the AVR wires out of harms way.
Super job in this repair
Very informative, thanks for sharing!
I've learned some things I didn't know thanks sir 🙏
We have used the czcams.com/users/postUgkxOTeIs0vv4_9B5hsmnLsk9r930uDQLu_Y for probably 30 hours with our camper and it’s been great! The noise level is really only noticeable when running the AC and other appliances like the microwave, hair dryer, or coffee pot. It’s not huge like other ones and it has wheels so even at 90lbs, I can move it!
Great video, keep up the good work👍👍👍
Good job enjoyed the video 👍
Thanks for the great video, it helped me set the voltage on my generator.
I have one of these and love it . Powerful and fairly quiet.
Great video Mr. Condon.
If you reverse the governor spring on the governor rod, it will work the same but will keep the spring from coming off.
Wow, for a moment I thought it was a lost cause! Good job !
Nicely done. Also glad to see Briggs finally put a low oil shutoff on those things. Maybe in 20 years we don’t see quite so many blown up engines. Also, whoever picked red for the neutral leg should be… I don’t know. Electrocuted?
When it was being shut down each time, it sounded like something might have been rubbing. Kind of a buzzing like the rotor is touching a wire.
Check the effing oil everytime.
Great fix James, hope you make out on a sale😊
Hi James, there is one of these for sale cheap today on a local website here in Canberra, Australia and guess what……it’s only got 7 hours on it and it stopped. Seller says needs service but because of your video I think it needs more than a service😂. I certainly won’t be touching it.
I really enjoy your channel as you have a calm voice and you work through problems in a logical and thoughtful manner. Cheers, Stuart 🇦🇺
I have the Elite Series model 7000 which supposedly has 8750 watts. I've only used it for about an hour in the last seven years, I purchased it as a just in case for my mother's oxygen generator, she passed away in 2016. It's a loud generator but seems to be pretty reliable, it starts right up...I keep it clean and maintained.
Hi, James. I had my doubts when you said you gave the seller a running generator and some cash. Your knowledge and experience did the job though. One good factor is, it looks great. I am sure you will not lose money on the deal. Somebody will have a generator that should keep on working for years. Anyway, thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!
Nice video James 👍
I’ve never owned or worked on any generators but after watching several of your videos I feel confident I could repair or spot any issues that may be bad. Ty for the well done instructional videos
I wanna try to make a generator at home like lot of people do
Thanks! Your videos are the best I’ve seen. When you end each video with “I hope this helps someone”, I assure you they do! I always
look forward to the next one to post…
Thanks Bill. I really appreciate it!
Nice going James
Thanks for the video. I don't understand electricity very well but this interesting to me.
It's funny you say that its as bad as you have seen, because, when you took the cap off my first thought was yikes, i don't think i have seen one this bad as long as i have been watching.
Great video Happy Holidays 👍👍
James... this is a first. A video without a carb tuneup. Nice work as always.
It is a rare
This is why I built my own power generator.
I bought a 6.5Hp Briggs engine, 2 - 100 amp 12v one wire alternators, 2- 100AH 12V deep cycle batteries and boxes, and a 2000watt Pure sine inverter.
Mounted all on to a movers dolly, with breakers, fuse and disconnects.... $650 total. Later If needed, every single piece is replaceable locally today. I just wanted a "semi" movable, clean and dependable alternate power system. And I really couldn't afford one any other way...This turned out far better then i expected...
James: I am impressed by the fact that you show your viewers that anyone dealing with things can get stung if they don't makes tests on the unit, which may not be possible for one or more reasons. I never miss one of your videos, because I learn something each video. You drive me to drink by saying " we need to "ohm out" this circuit, or the term "ohmage" . I am laughing James, not at you , but at the terms. Many mechanics that have sites on here do the same thing. They are brilliant mechanics & are doubtless using terms they learned at school. It matters not how they say it, as long as their viewers see what they are doing & what the readings mean. Your explanations during your videos are always correct and well stated. Any of your viewers can adopt your techniques & will be the better at diagnosis & repair. Thank you Sir, you have one of the premier sites on the "net ". Cheers! Brian
Yes!
That was one crispy stator James.
Good video 👍 James
James you never loose. Never seen you work on one and not fix it. That said if I bought it I would probably make things worse. But, you the man have faith that you can fix it. Your like my favorite show always the ending just you take a different route to get to the end. But LwY a happy ending.
James you are one of the best
Great job. Amazing how one little missing zip tie can destroy a power head.
Merry Christmas, Jim.
Thanks John. And a Merry Christmas to you.
I have the same generator, I added a natural gas kit to it. Works great!
Learned a lot. Outstanding instructions. Now I just learned that the same generator you are showing is probably the one I’m expecting from Lowe’s. Didn’t have a clue this is now made in China. Ordered it and should be arriving here in Moore County, NC on Dec 8, 2022. Wish I would have known. But in seems most is coming from China. Sad..
Run it, run it well and long..
change the intial oil after 30 minutes,
the replacement oil after 1 hour,
and the re-replacement oil at 2 hours.....
This means you have got rid of all the sharp OEM machining edges...and drained that trash out.....
Then go to the manufacturer recommended intervals.....