Worked! 21 year old Honda ES 5000. My son-in-law got the motor running like it’s brand new and then it would not make electricity. Service manager at Honda dealership told me he wouldn’t even bring a 21-year-old generator in the shop if it was him and spend any money on it. This 10 minute fix worked like a charm and now I have a new generator! Thanks much!!
BAM! My Honda 5000SX generator has been tirelessly charging the batteries at my off-grid cabin for over 15 years. Last year I increased the solar panel output by 10x and upgraded the batteries. This means the generator rarely runs. Today I went to charge the batteries and no AC from the gen! It's probably been 4 - 5 months since I ran the generator. I followed the steps in this vid and am charging the batteries with my properly operating generator as we speak. This is a superbly well crafted video: states the problem to fix and provides simple step-by-step directions to correct the problem. THANK YOU and well done.
Thank you so very much my friend🙏🏻 I am from north Montreal and own the very same Honda. This summer my autistic son started my generator while I was still hooked at hydro… Since the generator made some freaking noise I was sure one coil has opened. Following your troubleshooting…when I disconnected positive and negative leads from the brush assembly…the brush assembly came in 3 pieces😉 I replaced the brush assembly and had to reflash the field. I built myself a 3 batteries 12v power supply and after a long 5-10 seconds an orange spark came from within the stator/rotor assy and after shutting OFF generator and replug AVR I started and it took quite a long while to build up voltage….green light came back strong…120V on dial and switched to 240V and wow…there was 240 volts. Cost me $4.99 canadian dollars because of your video. How much do I owe you my friend? Just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for just taking the time to film yourself while you didi it😉🙌🏻
I cannot thank you enough, I picked this exact Generator up for $60 motors runs great just didn't generate. Your trick fixed it in less than 10 mins. Got a $2500Gen for $60
Awesome. The corded drill in reverse didn't work for me, but this worked like a charm! So glad I checked youtube and avoided dragging my generator in for service. You saved me a bundle!
Just followed your video and applied your method to a dead Wolf generator ive been given. Its almost unused but dead. It worked. needed about 20 volts to get it working but the method works. many thanks.
Thanks for the video! I have aEB5000 and this worked for it as well! I’ve had to do this procedure twice and it worked both times,the only thing different is I used a 12 volt battery for the power source!
Thank you sir... for your informative video. I'm going to go out to the shop and try this right now. I've tried to do the "drill" flash method with no luck. More power to you too... and Praise Jesus (JC) ! Ah, just got back from the shop... again, with no luck. I guess I'm going to have to go back to diagnosing.
I have one of those funky junkie 2 strokes. It worked well for a while, but now it's only putting out about 50% of what it should be and now dies powering items that it once did with no problem. I'm gonna try this regardless... But can you lose partial power, but not all?
Thank you sir your video help me a lot.I was confused where the power goes until you point the gray little piece with the _ +.thank you.and keep it going.
Thanks so much, so simple! last year I took the geeny in to the lawn mower place I bought it at. they didnt charge a ton to fix it, but its a pain to drop it off and pick it up. Not to mention when I need the thing I dont want to be with out it. Thanks again!
Just curious - is there any reason the generator has to be running when you flash it? You're just magnetizing the rotor, right? ISTM that it would work just as well to just put 12V across the rotor for a few seconds when it's not running.
I have seen vids using a battery with no luck doing it while not running then starting generator. It wotked the second time when he applied power with battery while gen was running
It works, but what would be nice is if they had some kind of bios battery system that is weather proof with a boost system or step up to 12 volts. Because eventually it will do this again over time. It will lose its remnance over time. Even with a bios it will probably do it but at least you can increase the excitation time with this backup set up.
I don't know how to dol this to my old Homelite HL44400 generator. The brushes are within the plastic end of the generator and there is no plate to remove to access the wiring. the wiring comes out with the generator end. I'm assuming that the brushes have to be in contact with the slip rings to flash the generator? can you help?
Will this procedure work on a Honda ES6500? Its been in storage for a long time and has no power on the panel but has 40VDC at the brushes when running.
Saludos amigo,muy buena tu explicación,voy a aplicar tú método a mi Generador Toyama TG1200CX. Pues mi Generador ha perdido la Excitatriz y no genera electricidad
great video very informative, thanks. Question just bought the same generator as this one, looks like you have electric start as I do(but u did not use it)?, however battery is not is the same place as a ex, where the heck is it on yours?? Input appreciated. thanks
Curious, why not try the "corded drill in reverse" method first? Only takes a few seconds and if successful requires no other tools/disassembly? Nevertheless, well done.
I have a brushless generator. I changed the capacitor and ran the generator for 30 min or so and got nothing. I understand my next move is to flash the field. does it work the same way? Can I use my battery charger?
I did the drill in reverse..i pluged electric drill in to the generator ..used my cordless drill to spin the electric drill ..be sure to pull the trigger.In just seconds. It started working.
Can you really just use 12 volts to do this? If that possible I'll just do that because I have a few jumpstart boxes like yours. I got mine working but it's generating 90-100 volts but that's better than no volts.
I have a problem with mine generator my engine run hard but no output voltage. Is it the avr or the rotor. I have a honda em 3500 did someome can help me!!!?
i have a coleman power mate 7125 puts out 3v would this fix the problem. i also heard that if you use an extension cord and hook 1 end to the battery then plug the other into the generator with the spark plug removed does that work?
Great detail and very informative. Thanks. I have done as instructed on identical gen using large shop battery charger to create the flash. It works fine for that day ONLY. Next day I need to repeat flashing process all over again. I've used 2,10, 20, 40, amp and "jump start" settings on charger. Any ideas on what else I might try? Is my ARV bad - can I test it? Thanks for your help!!! :)
What I would like to have seen is the reading from the output volt meter while coil energised from battery pack without load on it, while running for those few seconds. I am electrical engineer.
My friend burned a stator in his EM5000SX Honda generator and gave it to me, tried getting it rewound, didn't work, long story, so I bought a new stator for $736 but have a wiring problem in that the four wires coming from the new stator are green, red, black and yellow, while the four from the harness they are supposed to connect to are gray, red, blue and white. Can anyone tell me how to connect them or how to figure it out? Thanks, Doug
Hi, I tried connecting brushes to a car battery, I ran the generator and it gave me about 200v, but then I put again the AVR and there are 20v in output from the 220v output plug. Is there somebody that has had this issue? Thanks in advance
He should say what he was doing with that jumper a little louder you can barely hear him say you're turning it on and then you turn it off when you shut the generator down he should explain what he did to that because if person didn't have real good hearing you wouldn't be able to hear him
You don't need to flash the field as others explain / all that happens when you do this trick is that it pulls the brushes down onto the commutator to make full contact onto the brushes /which will work for a day or two. the real reason the Honda generator and others need this temporary trick is because of the crappy insulation they use to protect the brush wires, from what ? I have no idea, just clean the brush housing and remove the insulation from the brush wire so the brushes have free movement and you will never have to do the stupid flash trick or drill motor BS again / use any cleaner for electronics to clean the brush housing/holder and use wd40 to assemble
@@tektronix475 Nope. Its been at the fix it shop for weeks and they said they can't figure it out. Shame, its a really nice v twin motor and a 10kw genny
Dear Sir, you would be wrong. The exciting capacitor will discharge after some time and it needs to be recharged, it doesn't have to this painful way, there is a better way to do this but it needs to be manually recharged.
Well, you're wrong.... But this is the Internet so I guess that's allowed. In many inexpensive generator ends with a voltage regulator if left sitting too long they can lose the residual magnetism in the rotor. Without this magnetism it will not build up voltage enough to power the voltage regulator and thus start providing field power. By using an external DC battery to excite the rotor while running you create this rotating magnetic field and remagnetize the rotor. Sometimes a voltage regulator may have a large capacitor that needs a charge as well at the same time.
Okay so I have been my boss brought me two generators recently from what he was telling me was wrong with him I know what was wrong with him they needed to be black. Nothing more nothing less but he's been on TH-cam listen to you maniacs golly man don't get paid are y'all the same guy that came over Holland 2 stroke carburetor
When are you going to tell us how this works? Was part of the procedure to connect the 12VDC to the brushes (obviously), with the switch on the panel to the OFF position, THEN turn the switch to the ON position. (is that flashing the field?) Then shut it all down. So, what the hell happened? You never said. An instructor you will never be.
Worked! 21 year old Honda ES 5000. My son-in-law got the motor running like it’s brand new and then it would not make electricity. Service manager at Honda dealership told me he wouldn’t even bring a 21-year-old generator in the shop if it was him and spend any money on it. This 10 minute fix worked like a charm and now I have a new generator! Thanks much!!
BAM! My Honda 5000SX generator has been tirelessly charging the batteries at my off-grid cabin for over 15 years. Last year I increased the solar panel output by 10x and upgraded the batteries. This means the generator rarely runs. Today I went to charge the batteries and no AC from the gen! It's probably been 4 - 5 months since I ran the generator. I followed the steps in this vid and am charging the batteries with my properly operating generator as we speak. This is a superbly well crafted video: states the problem to fix and provides simple step-by-step directions to correct the problem. THANK YOU and well done.
Thank you so very much my friend🙏🏻
I am from north Montreal and own the very same Honda.
This summer my autistic son started my generator while I was still hooked at hydro…
Since the generator made some freaking noise I was sure one coil has opened.
Following your troubleshooting…when I disconnected positive and negative leads from the brush assembly…the brush assembly came in 3 pieces😉
I replaced the brush assembly and had to reflash the field. I built myself a 3 batteries 12v power supply and after a long 5-10 seconds an orange spark came from within the stator/rotor assy and after shutting OFF generator and replug AVR I started and it took quite a long while to build up voltage….green light came back strong…120V on dial and switched to 240V and wow…there was 240 volts.
Cost me $4.99 canadian dollars because of your video.
How much do I owe you my friend?
Just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for just taking the time to film yourself while you didi it😉🙌🏻
I cannot thank you enough, I picked this exact Generator up for $60 motors runs great just didn't generate. Your trick fixed it in less than 10 mins. Got a $2500Gen for $60
Awesome. The corded drill in reverse didn't work for me, but this worked like a charm! So glad I checked youtube and avoided dragging my generator in for service. You saved me a bundle!
Just followed your video and applied your method to a dead Wolf generator ive been given. Its almost unused but dead. It worked. needed about 20 volts to get it working but the method works. many thanks.
Awesome, I inherited an old Onan generator that was producing no output. I flashed it, and presto! It came back to life. Thanks.
thanx a lot this worked flawlessly on my old homelite 4400w generator. the drill trick did nothing.. this worked great.
Thank you so much. Im picking up an old EM3800SX. Its been sitting for a while. Ill give this a shot. Is it a permanent fix?
Thanks for the video! I have aEB5000 and this worked for it as well! I’ve had to do this procedure twice and it worked both times,the only thing different is I used a 12 volt battery for the power source!
Thank you sir... for your informative video.
I'm going to go out to the shop and try this right now. I've tried to do the "drill" flash method with no luck.
More power to you too... and Praise Jesus (JC) !
Ah, just got back from the shop... again, with no luck.
I guess I'm going to have to go back to diagnosing.
Your own personal Jesus
Best video on how to flash a generator, thank you it has work wonderfully for me.
I have one of those funky junkie 2 strokes. It worked well for a while, but now it's only putting out about 50% of what it should be and now dies powering items that it once did with no problem. I'm gonna try this regardless... But can you lose partial power, but not all?
You are great
I watched no less than 12 vids , this is the best
Straight forward short and informative
THANK YOU
Thanks for the video. It was exactly what I needed to get my Honda 5000 generator going again.
Thank you sir your video help me a lot.I was confused where the power goes until you point the gray little piece with the _ +.thank you.and keep it going.
Great instruction! Now I know what and how to do it. Did this gen need it or are you just using it as an example?
Thanks so much, so simple! last year I took the geeny in to the lawn mower place I bought it at. they didnt charge a ton to fix it, but its a pain to drop it off and pick it up. Not to mention when I need the thing I dont want to be with out it. Thanks again!
opened up the back like you said ,no wires or electronics , is it possible there up between the motor ?
Great video. Now how to I adjust the hertz on this same generator?
Hello there. You did it with a Battery Pack, can it be done with a regularly battery charger ??
Es 65000 because of video mine is fixed as welll
We’re do I send money
Just curious - is there any reason the generator has to be running when you flash it? You're just magnetizing the rotor, right? ISTM that it would work just as well to just put 12V across the rotor for a few seconds when it's not running.
Exactly
I have seen vids using a battery with no luck doing it while not running then starting generator. It wotked the second time when he applied power with battery while gen was running
It works, but what would be nice is if they had some kind of bios battery system that is weather proof with a boost system or step up to 12 volts. Because eventually it will do this again over time. It will lose its remnance over time. Even with a bios it will probably do it but at least you can increase the excitation time with this backup set up.
Can I use a battery tender charger or does it have to be a jump start box?
It can be as simple a a 6 volt battery
I don't know how to dol this to my old Homelite HL44400 generator. The brushes are within the plastic end of the generator and there is no plate to remove to access the wiring. the wiring comes out with the generator end. I'm assuming that the brushes have to be in contact with the slip rings to flash the generator? can you help?
This just worked for me! Thanks for posting you at least made one guys day!!
Will this procedure work on a Honda ES6500? Its been in storage for a long time and has no power on the panel but has 40VDC at the brushes when running.
Saludos amigo,muy buena tu explicación,voy a aplicar tú método a mi Generador Toyama TG1200CX. Pues mi Generador ha perdido la Excitatriz y no genera electricidad
great video very informative, thanks. Question just bought the same generator as this one, looks like you have electric start as I do(but u did not use it)?, however battery is not is the same place as a ex, where the heck is it on yours?? Input appreciated. thanks
Not all heros wear capes.
Curious, why not try the "corded drill in reverse" method first? Only takes a few seconds and if successful requires no other tools/disassembly? Nevertheless, well done.
+jamesws3 I was thinking exactly the same thing a lot less hassle and takes two minutes to do.
Drill did not work on mine
How else would he produce THIS particular video ?
The drill method did not work for me. . . did it a half a dozen times.
Drill method rarely works 🙄
Hi Dad, great vid will that work on Honda eb 3500?? Thanks any input would help Steve
Hey I forgot to take a picture of my generators wiring before dismantling, have it running just miswired can you help.
What is that machine you have used to flash The generator name
I have a brushless generator. I changed the capacitor and ran the generator for 30 min or so and got nothing. I understand my next move is to flash the field. does it work the same way? Can I use my battery charger?
I did the drill in reverse..i pluged electric drill in to the generator ..used my cordless drill to spin the electric drill ..be sure to pull the trigger.In just seconds. It started working.
Can you really just use 12 volts to do this? If that possible I'll just do that because I have a few jumpstart boxes like yours. I got mine working but it's generating 90-100 volts but that's better than no volts.
Oh dear... you do know there's a difference between 12v DC, and 120v AC, right? Probably best not to tinker...
@@JoeMac1983 saw 2 videos were guys put
12v from car battery into one of the 120 outlets, supposedly it worked..?
@@gene2200I wouldn't try that method.
Do NOT use 120 VAC wall power to do this.
I have a problem with mine generator my engine run hard but no output voltage. Is it the avr or the rotor. I have a honda em 3500 did someome can help me!!!?
i have a coleman power mate 7125 puts out 3v would this fix the problem. i also heard that if you use an extension cord and hook 1 end to the battery then plug the other into the generator with the spark plug removed does that work?
Absolutely not!
Nice video. Presented very well . Thanks.
Great detail and very informative. Thanks. I have done as instructed on identical gen using large shop battery charger to create the flash. It works fine for that day ONLY. Next day I need to repeat flashing process all over again. I've used 2,10, 20, 40, amp and "jump start" settings on charger. Any ideas on what else I might try? Is my ARV bad - can I test it? Thanks for your help!!! :)
Why don’t you say that you connect to the dc brushes?
Freakin’ awesome!! Thank you!
Will this work on any generator? or just on a Honda?
This can be done with any brushed generator that uses a voltage regulator.
Instead of a jump box could I use a battery
Thank you, thank you. Worked exactly as described. The drill trick did not work for me.
Hi, sir dadcanfixit
Should we leave AVR connected during flashing the rotor.....
Thanks.
Yes
Flashing didn't seem to work. Any ideas?
Thank you... from tge Philippines
Would you know if a colemanpowermate 6250 would be the same way ?
What I would like to have seen is the reading from the
output volt meter while coil energised from battery pack without load on it,
while running for those few seconds. I am electrical engineer.
At 12.5 DC volts excitation you'll get about 163 to 168 volts AC output on an EB5000 or EG5000 generator. Verified today with my EG5000x.
My friend burned a stator in his EM5000SX Honda generator and gave it to me, tried getting it rewound, didn't work, long story, so I bought a new stator for $736 but have a wiring problem in that the four wires coming from the new stator are green, red, black and yellow, while the four from the harness they are supposed to connect to are gray, red, blue and white. Can anyone tell me how to connect them or how to figure it out? Thanks, Doug
Just picked one of these. It has an electric starter, but there is no place for a battery OR connection for a battery.. confusing.
do you have to use the booster or can you just use a 12 volt batt
any batt is fine
Plug a drill into the non working gen while its running and spin drill by hand ..after a couple spins the gen should start working..
They can stop putting out if they sit to long ? That’s dumb. Probably why mine don’t work
best vid on this issue. well done
Cheers for this video , very informative , many thanks
When I flash it as you said and it puts out power. As soon as I turn it off, rehook it, its back to not working again. Is my AVR bad?
I did the exact same thing, no joy. I even replaced the AVR module. No joy.
What this was supposed to do?
Flashing the field will restore the residual magnetism held in the rotor if it is lost or depleted.
Great video but i would like to have seen it NOT produce power b4 u did that to see that it does produce power afterwards
Hi, I tried connecting brushes to a car battery, I ran the generator and it gave me about 200v, but then I put again the AVR and there are 20v in output from the 220v output plug. Is there somebody that has had this issue? Thanks in advance
You might have a failed AVR.
😅 Thanks men! Save me a lot of money!
Nice job! 😊
Isn't it easier just to plug a drill into it and then reverse by hand the drill does the same thing
Doesn't always work.
WORKED GREAT THANK YOU
He should say what he was doing with that jumper a little louder you can barely hear him say you're turning it on and then you turn it off when you shut the generator down he should explain what he did to that because if person didn't have real good hearing you wouldn't be able to hear him
Nice Porsche.
You could have just put the battery back in circuit. Or just attach your jumper leads to where the battery goes.
This worked for me.
Thanks!
I don't think his camera focussed once.
Ya lost me. What is a "Jump Box"?
Nice
Damn man get that camera settled, steady and zoomed. WTF
I CONNECTED TO A LAWN MORE BATTERY, DIDN'T WORK ...
Excellent!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU WORKS ....
You don't need to flash the field as others explain / all that happens when you do this trick is that it pulls the brushes down onto the commutator to make full contact onto the brushes /which will work for a day or two. the real reason the Honda generator and others need this temporary trick is because of the crappy insulation they use to protect the brush wires, from what ? I have no idea, just clean the brush housing and remove the insulation from the brush wire so the brushes have free movement and you will never have to do the stupid flash trick or drill motor BS again / use any cleaner for electronics to clean the brush housing/holder and use wd40 to assemble
Interesting. I'm going to try this out tomorrow night.
@@tektronix475 Nope. Its been at the fix it shop for weeks and they said they can't figure it out. Shame, its a really nice v twin motor and a 10kw genny
Dear Sir, you would be wrong. The exciting capacitor will discharge after some time and it needs to be recharged, it doesn't have to this painful way, there is a better way to do this but it needs to be manually recharged.
I'll try this George Niemi. I havea EB5000X got it running real good but no electrical output power
Well, you're wrong.... But this is the Internet so I guess that's allowed.
In many inexpensive generator ends with a voltage regulator if left sitting too long they can lose the residual magnetism in the rotor. Without this magnetism it will not build up voltage enough to power the voltage regulator and thus start providing field power.
By using an external DC battery to excite the rotor while running you create this rotating magnetic field and remagnetize the rotor. Sometimes a voltage regulator may have a large capacitor that needs a charge as well at the same time.
Ty i hope this works for me
fine
There is a so much easier way to do this
Ì
Okay so I have been my boss brought me two generators recently from what he was telling me was wrong with him I know what was wrong with him they needed to be black. Nothing more nothing less but he's been on TH-cam listen to you maniacs golly man don't get paid are y'all the same guy that came over Holland 2 stroke carburetor
When are you going to tell us how this works? Was part of the procedure to connect the 12VDC to the brushes (obviously), with the switch on the panel to the OFF position, THEN turn the switch to the ON position. (is that flashing the field?) Then shut it all down. So, what the hell happened? You never said. An instructor you will never be.