Hi Bob. I did that already when I serviced it. They are clean and all brushes are making good solid contact with the rings and springs are nice and strong. The two larger capacitors at the very bottom of the power head are making 280v and even when I turn the rpm down it stays a constant 260. So I’m getting a nice steady feed off the generator at that point. Doesn’t that mean the windings have to be good? It has to be this board then?

So I’ve had another look at this today. When I put it away last time I tuned the throttle until it was making 230v and it ran for half an hour consistently. I turned the rpm up by about 500rpm. So quite a bit. Today when I started it and tried a 1800w hoover it started fine and hoover was working normally with plenty of power. Checked the voltage and it was up to over 300! I turned down the rpm and when I did the load fell off and we are back to making 50v. It was starting and stopping. So going no load showing 50v to loading for a second showing 280 and then cutting the load again and showing 50. I’ve got better photos of the board and the back of it but I can’t upload them. Can you pm me your email and I will send it to you? I’m thinking I shouldn’t start this again as I’m worried I’m going to damage something with the voltage being so out of control. That little sticker on the back has a number hand written on it. 4529. There is a letter above it and it’s either an a or d

Thanks Bob. I will take off the board and take better photos of front and reverse. I’ve looked for a manual but didn’t find a free one. I didn’t want to buy one unless I knew it was the correct one.

Great thanks. I will get the board cleaned and hopefully have some details tomorrow. The outer cover of the little components that show damage is pretty much gone but it looks fresh to me. I did have a problem the first time I used it, I was charging my batteries and tried to turn on a hover at the same time to test the power. This seemed to spike the power as my charger died. I reckon this is what damaged those components. Hopefully I can identify them and simply replace them on the board

Hello to all. I’m new here. I bought an LT1 on gumtree for £300. I had been looking for a diesel genny to be my primary genny should power go out. I’m in Ulster so there is seldom a lister for sale and normally they are very expensive so I was happy to get one for £300.

The genny was working fine when I bought it. I only give it a wee run a few times. I’ve had it for about 3 months. Today when I went to it to service it I noticed it was down on voltage. 70v when it should have been over 220 or whatever. I took the back cover off and noticed two little capacitor looking boyos were damaged. I also noticed a damaged clip and the races the brushes run on on the rotor were filthy and one of the little arms that holds the brush wasn’t springing nicely back to its position. So I fixed that and changed filters. Fuel was a horror show. I’m amazed it was even running. So fired her up and she was making 130v now. I noticed when I moved the throttle control it increased the voltage so I screwed it up until it showed me 230v. I tried my drill and it was spinning at a good speed but still seems low on power.

Look at the photo, what is that little board? Are those capacitors that are damaged? The machine looks tired in general. Do you think I can rely on this machine? Are there tests I can do to verify the power side of things? The engine is grand. Starts first crank, not smoking. Sounds like is should in the respect that it makes the most shocking racket imaginable but is nice in its dieseling way.

Thanks in advance.