Well I screwed up big time with small generator

kshansen · 2024-12-30T21:32:57.000Z

Last night power went out so we decided to hook up the portable generator, 10K Generac, it came with my new wife about 25 years ago! Dumped a couple gallons of fresh gas in checked oil and fired it up. It ran great till we were going to bed. I went out and rolled it into the garage and shut it off. In the mean time wife went down to the breaker panel and filliped main breaker back on assuming the power would be back on when we got up. I believe power did finally come back on around 3 AM. After breakfast decided I'd roll the generator back to the barn we keep it in and maybe dump a couple gallons of gas in to be ready it power went out again. Well knew something was not right as soon as I opened the garage door. Very smoky and knew that I had made a major mistake. See when I shut down generator I never unplugged the 220 volt cord to the receptacle in the garage! After unplugging way to late I did hit the starter to see if it would even turn over. Well it did start but also was spitting a bunch of copper wire bits out of the vents on the generator! Did call the local Generac dealer and at least the guy was nice and did not tell me how dumb a thing I had done. So sometime Tuesday I'm going to be hauling it over to the dealer to see if there might be any repair possible. Sad thing is in the 25 years it has been here it has probably been used a dozen or maybe less times and other than a little dust on it it looks almost like new. All I would have needed to do was trip the breaker to the outlet or unplug the cord and nothing would have happened. Not even sure if repair parts are available for this old a genset from Generac.

Started by kshansenDec 30, 202443 replies

Welder DaveExpertJan 4, 2025#41
I'm in what Americans refer to as the frozen North. LoL Not the coldest place in Canada (Edmonton) but usually hit -40 a few times a year. I'm not keen to even get out of bed when it's that cold. Add a little snow and some wind and it's just brutal. Thankfully we don't have power failures very often.
kshansenSenior MemberJan 4, 2025#42
Shimmy1 said: Long ass ways from you hahaha Click to expand... Well I happen to know people across a lot of that country, would it help me if I mentioned my maternal grandfather was in the Canadian Army during WW1?
AcoalsJunior MemberJan 4, 2025#43
Welder Dave said: I could send money but with the USPS suspending service with Canada (because of a postal strike here), Click to expand... Paypal and Venmo aren't affected by the Postal strike. Just trying to be helpful . . .
Welder DaveExpertJan 4, 2025#44
kshansen said: Well I happen to know people across a lot of that country, would it help me if I mentioned my maternal grandfather was in the Canadian Army during WW1? Click to expand... My grandfather got a meritorious service award in WW 1. Came from the UK to fight for Canada. Lived to 95. What's more interesting is he was originally scheduled to be on the Titanic but couldn't make it on time so came on the next ship. My grandma and him were still living in their own house into their 90's. He was still pretty sharp when passed away.

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