I'm with you on that. The idea is to turn the chuck, counter clockwise with your hand, with nothing in the chuck. I've happy for him it didn't work using the drill.
@@wagslick Since the generator was running and producing output current back towards the battery were there any issues? I would guess one would have to disconnect within seconds? I ask because I may have to repeat this procedure on my Generac, not having an electric drill to use for flashing.
@@wagslick Just to recap, you started the generator motor, then connected the battery (terminal) for a second and the generator output began. Correct? Did you connect the positive or negative terminal for the final step?
@@Kayak99 Correct. I think I connected both terminals at the same time. The generator 110 output plug was connected to jumper cables. I touched the jumpers to the battery for one second and the generator immediately began to send out electricity.
Thank you. Your video was helpful since the drill option didn’t work for me but the battery did. I was just about to give up hope till I saw your video. Again thanks for posting.
It's called remanence. Residual magnetism in the ferrous core of the rotor. ( Certain metal materials can hold residual magnetism)This can leak out over time if not attended to or its stored too for long periods. Also leaving a load on the generator and shutting it off while an appliance is plugged in and still operative can do that as well. Nice thing about a non PVR generator is that it uses a capacitor to store some of the eneregy from the last use. It can extend it, but not for long especially if it's in harsh environments. Be careful though on some generators that have an electronic PVR, excitation using an angle grinder by spinning it on the ground can flash the circuitry in the PVR. On these you need to disable the PVR and apply a trickle voltage into the main. An ordinary drill wil not work on these.
2:48 TIME. YOU need to insure, that the Negative battery side, goes to the long spade female hole, in the AC 120 volt socket. Postive, to the narrow slit. Polarity, is then correct.
Drill motor trick has worked for me every single time I’ve used it. Sticking something in the chuck like that is very dangerous. When that sucker kicks on, that drill will tangle you up quick. One difference, I’ve only ever used a 1/2” drill motor. Maybe your drill being smaller made a difference. Also, you get the polarity wrong with that battery, you’ll likely cause some permanent damage.
The drill option does work, I've tried it and had no problem. You can check other videos and watch other people reactivate their generator using the drill method! Using the mixer and wooden spoon was a very dangerous thing to do, had the generator started working!
Unless the drill has permanent magnets (most don't), then you are relying on the drill to have some residual magnetism in it. If it doesn't the the trick will not work. Battery flashing is tricky, always wear some protection. One second is actually too long. A quick tap will usually work. Remember- as soon as the generator starts generating, you suddenly are holding a live wire with 120 volts on the bare copper ends! It will see the battery as a short circuit, thus the description "Flashing!" Never tap a second time without first checking to make sure the generator hasn't started generating.
It is difficult to spin a drill sufficiently fast to generate the required current. This method works best with a battery powered drill connected to the chuck of the mains powered drill.
Fuck yeah, I just flashed my generator with a cheater cord from a 12v car battery, Note! my generator was not running when I flashed it. Generator works great now. wooooo weeee, I was just about to waste $150 on a new AVR with no returns on electrical parts, thanks again
You Sir, are extremely, extremely lucky that your battery didn't explode in your face! Feeding 120 VAC to a 12 Volt Battery? Really?! What the Hell were you thinking! By the way, I had just completely serviced (changed oil, new spark plug, Cleaned the Carburetor) and replaced the Diode Pack and Brush Assemply on my Briggs & Stratton 5500 Storm Responder after it quit on me while waiting for power to be restored after hurricane Beryl. Fired up the Generator, turned the breaker on and,... Nothing. - Broke out my "1/2" Inch drill (don't believe a smaller 3/8 inch drill will generate enough voltage), fired up the genset again, plugged the drill in, set it for forward spin, held down the drill trigger, turned the breaker on and hand spinning the drill less than 1/2 a turn in reverse on the drill, the generator suddenly came alive and was producing 121.7 volts. Yes, the drill method works. I just think you need to use a heavier duty drill. - Great video on what not to do.
Thank you so much for this video. I have a customer who has a Fischer Panda Genset. I went thru all the TS documentation for remagnetzing the Genset. Nothing worked. They stated to have Genset off were unclear of what to connect where and specified 9v battery. I checked all the capacitors and all were to spec with capacitance and continuity testing. Capacitors after disconnecting +/- from each when I discharged each one nothing. So I felt like more and more a remagnetzing issue. Their manuals suck. This video made me look like a rock star ⭐ but I gave full credit to this channel for the idea to go to an outlet and closed circuits to Genset and using hot neutral to 12vdc small Telco battery it sparked pretty good, only held the connection for 1-2 sec. Fired up Genset and it started at 70VAC went slowly up to about 135VAC and came down.. restarted and dead on 120VAC thank you so much for your video!!! 👊⭐😎
Just went thru Hurricane Beryl and had to flash my Gen every time. I used the drill. Make gen is running and circuit breaker is on. The drill has to be set for drilling (so clockwise from the back of the drill) grab the chuck by hand (maybe a gloved hand) and spin the chuck counter clockwise. One hard spin did it for me every time except once and the second spin got it going. My 14yo son was able to do it when I wasn't available .
I thought for a minute I was going to see your get a screwdriver stuck in your head. I was laughing so hard I almost pissesd myself.HEY YALL WATCH THIS. Glad you made it through and we didn't discover the Unicorn is not extinct.
I was thinking the exact same thing ! as a marine tech ive seen a guy leave a screwdriver on the flywheel and when the motor cranked it screamed and launched the screwdriver just past his face and it went into the wall at 50 mph! he was lucky that drill didnt turn on! great video!
Tried this and it it worked. Engine sounded as if it was under load, voltmeter perked up and held steady, so I hooked it up to the house and everything was fine, for about 5 minutes. Trying this again didn't have the same results - the engine groans and the generator breaker flips after about 2 seconds. Is the generator fried?
Actually, it does work, but use a battery-powered drill to turn the electric drill backward. o have done this 2 times in the last 2 days, and it worked both times.
Man, it's a good thing the drill method didn't work for you! If that drill had kicked on suddenly, you could have gotten injured by the egg beater or the spoon spinning at high speed. Good job on jumping the generator with a battery. Thanks for posting this.
The drill must be one that uses permanent magnets to create a magnetic field. Not all drill motors use permanent magnets. Without AC power to the drill, it cannot create its own magnetic field to generate the electricity needed to flash your generator.
Bobby Russell finishing up but I've been doing small business it's almost 14 years old absolutely okay we'll check this out my boss recently brought me two generators both of them needed to be flashed right on if you are small engine man at all and you don't know how to flash your generator you need to back up buddy you not a small as you text.
That's because as soon as the generator starts working, you are now holding two live wires outputting 120vac into your battery. They call it "flashing" for a reason. you're only supposed to touch it to the battery for less than a second
I 'm not sure what's going on here. The "AC plugs" on the panel are connected, basically, to the Stator winding. The "winding" that needs flashed are the Rotor windings. (the piece that spins). What must happen is that when you touch your battery, "for one second" the Stator windings will "see" a brief voltage (12vdc) applied to the stator winding - the stator will then, due to its proximity to the Rotor winding, will induce a voltage (thus current) into the rotor winding. Only problem I see with that is maybe the magnetic poles of the rotor could get reversed. Is that a problem? Not sure.
I've been studying the manual on a Winco I am rebuilding - this is a little different beast as the power is provided by the rotor and the field by the stator but as an engineer I would guess you got lucky with the polarity. Correct me if I'm wrong - but if you were to reverse-polarity the magnetism it would cancel out the magnetic field perhaps magnetize it the wrong way - and (like a defibrillator) you would need to put twice the power in the correct polarity? I want to make sure I got this right - it was running great but my crankshaft was destroyed so the head is off. If the field wires get grounded - will I lose my residual magnetism?
When using the “ spin the drill motor” method, just put a bolt in the drill motor and your cordless drill motor on the side and spin away. Simple and it usually works. Drill to drill. Don’t turn on the electric drill or all heck will break lose. Use your imagination.
I have a Coleman Powermate 6250 generator and it starts but has little power output. I replaced the Carb, Brushes and cleaned the gas tank. My grinder after a while will start and run for 20 seconds then stop. It keeps doing that. Prior to doing all this the generator sat for 4 years. I'm told the generator needs to be Excited again. Could you please actually show me how you did yours with the battery? You cut out in parts that were important and just showed it running.
We have used the th-cam.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!
It Will work with the drill, BUT you have to (turn the drill backward) it won't work turning it forward just turn the chuck by hand and let go when it starts working, DO NOT USE A BEATER OR A SCREWDRIVER in it, your asking for a trip to the hospital ER when it starts
I don't care what anyone says it won't work properly with a drill.use a car battery.everytime it's successful.have done 9 other people's like this.no luck with a fkn drill.
@@wagslick BTW, I tried it and it worked! It worked, I was able to put two refrigerators on load. Then for some reason,after several hours, it stopped producing power. I tried the flashing again.. no go after that. Motor ran perfectly though.
I watched one video and it was stated that it should be a 1/2” drill.. I tried a 6 amp drill and it did not work but a larger drill motor would be 8 amp.. Not sure if it will work on my generator ad it is 7500 watt.. I will try this..
Does it matter which holes in the AC receptacle you plug the wires into? You have got a short slot, a longer slot and an almost round hole called the ground. Looks like the jumper cord you used was only 2 wires. I think any white wire is negative. Not an electrician myself.
You have to push on the trigger while you twist backwards. Don't use the wooden spoon, because as soon as you create power that drill is going to take off. Spin it backward with your hand and be ready to pull your hand off when it takes off. One secret is when you do your 6 month run on your generator, plug something in. The generation of power keeps your magnets excited, and you won't lose power in the future.
Everything I've read is to put 12v to brushes and check for voltage at stator buss block, that scares me but I'm in a bind with mine, gonna do more research
I had to flash a generator last night for the first time. Saw a video on the drill method. I used a dewalt 1/2 inch. It took a while. and I was panicking a little so I just kept trying. It did work after a while. Watching this video for a back up method.
Tried to publish this below but it doesn't seem to take. Brand new generac generator but wasn't started for over a year after buying. Started up but no output. I tried flashing your way as well with a drill. No output. Fortunately I had an extended warranty so it was picked up for service. The service company tried flashing. No output. They called Generac who told them if flashing did not work, look for a bad connection. They ended up taking every connection they could find apart and retightening and they were able to get output. They have no idea where the bad connection was but it now works great.
drill method doesnt work for me either. and its a fairly small champion 1400w one as well lol. will try the car battery one out since i gotta replace one of the batterys in my cars anyways !
Generator service guy told me when he does it he uses only a 1.5 volt cell cause that is all ya need, and no one can accuse ya of damaging some mouse-built component.
Wished I knew this. I rigged up something to go off the generators 12 volt battery. It sparked by it dang worked. NOW I know, just use a 1.5 little ol' battery. At least a half a day I spent on this. Part of it was trying the drill trick, part of it calling service people for this Winco that couldn't help me, and reading a lot of comments to get some ideas. Thanks.
Good Lord- Watching this man put a stick in a mixer where it could easily start flailing without notice should power return was nerve wracking!
He's lucky it didn't work... what a tard!
yup that was KRAYZEEEE
i was clearing my hole saw with a screwdriver once.accidentily hit the trigger.my god that was not cool.3 inches into a tree.i shit
That would have hurt had it actually started.
I'm with you on that. The idea is to turn the chuck, counter clockwise with your hand, with nothing in the chuck. I've happy for him it didn't work using the drill.
I have the same exact generator. Been about 11yrs and still runs like new. Had to change the carburetor earlier this year. Runs my whole house.
Was the generator running when you put battery juice to It?
Yes
@@wagslick Since the generator was running and producing output current back towards the battery were there any issues? I would guess one would have to disconnect within seconds? I ask because I may have to repeat this procedure on my Generac, not having an electric drill to use for flashing.
@@Kayak99 Right. There weren't any problems, like sparks or anything like that but I had the battery connected to the generator for about 1 second.
@@wagslick Just to recap, you started the generator motor, then connected the battery (terminal) for a second and the generator output began. Correct? Did you connect the positive or negative terminal for the final step?
@@Kayak99 Correct. I think I connected both terminals at the same time. The generator 110 output plug was connected to jumper cables. I touched the jumpers to the battery for one second and the generator immediately began to send out electricity.
Thank you. Your video was helpful since the drill option didn’t work for me but the battery did. I was just about to give up hope till I saw your video. Again thanks for posting.
It's called remanence. Residual magnetism in the ferrous core of the rotor. ( Certain metal materials can hold residual magnetism)This can leak out over time if not attended to or its stored too for long periods. Also leaving a load on the generator and shutting it off while an appliance is plugged in and still operative can do that as well. Nice thing about a non PVR generator is that it uses a capacitor to store some of the eneregy from the last use. It can extend it, but not for long especially if it's in harsh environments. Be careful though on some generators that have an electronic PVR, excitation using an angle grinder by spinning it on the ground can flash the circuitry in the PVR. On these you need to disable the PVR and apply a trickle voltage into the main. An ordinary drill wil not work on these.
Amazing comment
Which wire out of the extension cord gets connected to the positive n neg jumper cable? Or does it matter??
Your lucky that drill trick didn't work you was bout to lose a hand and get a wood spoon sticking out your face lol
2:48 TIME. YOU need to insure, that the Negative battery side, goes to the long spade female hole, in the AC 120 volt socket. Postive, to the narrow slit. Polarity, is then correct.
So positive to hot and negative to neutral?
Drill motor trick has worked for me every single time I’ve used it. Sticking something in the chuck like that is very dangerous. When that sucker kicks on, that drill will tangle you up quick. One difference, I’ve only ever used a 1/2” drill motor. Maybe your drill being smaller made a difference. Also, you get the polarity wrong with that battery, you’ll likely cause some permanent damage.
see my other comment....you're right.
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@sourand jaded don’t know, never tried it. Try and let us know if it works the same.
this video might have just saved another generator sitting in my garage from being scrapped thank you
if u have sliprings windings to the rings could have a bad solder joint so field will
not be magnetized as it should be.
You will definitely know if it works... when the spatula come flying off the face hahaha
The drill option does work, I've tried it and had no problem. You can check other videos and watch other people reactivate their generator using the drill method! Using the mixer and wooden spoon was a very dangerous thing to do, had the generator started working!
RIGHT. 'whack ' = i wont try T H A T again !
I wonder if some drills may have a filter to prevent them backfeeding power in a situation like this
Unless the drill has permanent magnets (most don't), then you are relying on the drill to have some residual magnetism in it. If it doesn't the the trick will not work. Battery flashing is tricky, always wear some protection. One second is actually too long. A quick tap will usually work. Remember- as soon as the generator starts generating, you suddenly are holding a live wire with 120 volts on the bare copper ends! It will see the battery as a short circuit, thus the description "Flashing!" Never tap a second time without first checking to make sure the generator hasn't started generating.
It is difficult to spin a drill sufficiently fast to generate the required current. This method works best with a battery powered drill connected to the chuck of the mains powered drill.
I appreciate the tip and having a second option “the battery” is really helpful. Thanks for sharing it!
On TH-cam man they act like flashing a generator is some kind of big storm man nothing I've been able to do that since I've been ninth grade
Fuck yeah, I just flashed my generator with a cheater cord from a 12v car battery, Note! my generator was not running when I flashed it. Generator works great now. wooooo weeee, I was just about to waste $150 on a new AVR with no returns on electrical parts, thanks again
Totally worked on a rigid generator I found by the curb for free! Still works, too.
This fixed my 110 outlets but not my 30 amp any guesses?
You Sir, are extremely, extremely lucky that your battery didn't explode in your face! Feeding 120 VAC to a 12 Volt Battery? Really?! What the Hell were you thinking! By the way, I had just completely serviced (changed oil, new spark plug, Cleaned the Carburetor) and replaced the Diode Pack and Brush Assemply on my Briggs & Stratton 5500 Storm Responder after it quit on me while waiting for power to be restored after hurricane Beryl. Fired up the Generator, turned the breaker on and,... Nothing. - Broke out my "1/2" Inch drill (don't believe a smaller 3/8 inch drill will generate enough voltage), fired up the genset again, plugged the drill in, set it for forward spin, held down the drill trigger, turned the breaker on and hand spinning the drill less than 1/2 a turn in reverse on the drill, the generator suddenly came alive and was producing 121.7 volts. Yes, the drill method works. I just think you need to use a heavier duty drill. - Great video on what not to do.
Good grief! Are you trying to win Darwin Award with that drill?
Thank you so much for this video. I have a customer who has a Fischer Panda Genset. I went thru all the TS documentation for remagnetzing the Genset. Nothing worked. They stated to have Genset off were unclear of what to connect where and specified 9v battery. I checked all the capacitors and all were to spec with capacitance and continuity testing. Capacitors after disconnecting +/- from each when I discharged each one nothing. So I felt like more and more a remagnetzing issue. Their manuals suck. This video made me look like a rock star ⭐ but I gave full credit to this channel for the idea to go to an outlet and closed circuits to Genset and using hot neutral to 12vdc small Telco battery it sparked pretty good, only held the connection for 1-2 sec. Fired up Genset and it started at 70VAC went slowly up to about 135VAC and came down.. restarted and dead on 120VAC thank you so much for your video!!! 👊⭐😎
Just went thru Hurricane Beryl and had to flash my Gen every time. I used the drill. Make gen is running and circuit breaker is on. The drill has to be set for drilling (so clockwise from the back of the drill) grab the chuck by hand (maybe a gloved hand) and spin the chuck counter clockwise. One hard spin did it for me every time except once and the second spin got it going. My 14yo son was able to do it when I wasn't available .
I thought for a minute I was going to see your get a screwdriver stuck in your head. I was laughing so hard I almost pissesd myself.HEY YALL WATCH THIS. Glad you made it through and we didn't discover the Unicorn is not extinct.
I was thinking the exact same thing ! as a marine tech ive seen a guy leave a screwdriver on the flywheel and when the motor cranked it screamed and launched the screwdriver just past his face and it went into the wall at 50 mph! he was lucky that drill didnt turn on! great video!
Tried this and it it worked. Engine sounded as if it was under load, voltmeter perked up and held steady, so I hooked it up to the house and everything was fine, for about 5 minutes. Trying this again didn't have the same results - the engine groans and the generator breaker flips after about 2 seconds. Is the generator fried?
Wife: How did my wooden spoon end up in the neighbor's yard?
Actually, it does work, but use a battery-powered drill to turn the electric drill backward. o have done this 2 times in the last 2 days, and it worked both times.
Drill tricks will work only if it is not a variable speeds one, since the internal SCR will block the exciting current.
Had no idea. Good to know.
Man, it's a good thing the drill method didn't work for you! If that drill had kicked on suddenly, you could have gotten injured by the egg beater or the spoon spinning at high speed. Good job on jumping the generator with a battery. Thanks for posting this.
Why didn’t you show battery connections you made, particularly the connection with cables to the generator
In order to field flash using a drill, you have to turn it counterclockwise you return it clockwise
The drill must be one that uses permanent magnets to create a magnetic field. Not all drill motors use permanent magnets. Without AC power to the drill, it cannot create its own magnetic field to generate the electricity needed to flash your generator.
I tried to use that same drill on mine and. It didn't work either... I'm going to try a Dewalt drill I'm thinking that one worked last time
The drill method worked for me, but I have to do it again every time I start the engine. Is there a solution for this?
Why does this happen is it from turning it off incorrectly
Do you have to take the battery out of the car or can you use it while it is still in the car connected as is?
1/2 hammer drill work. Donyboy has a video that it works in
Unless the drill has a permanent magnet motor the drill method is not going to work.
wtf?
Bobby Russell finishing up but I've been doing small business it's almost 14 years old absolutely okay we'll check this out my boss recently brought me two generators both of them needed to be flashed right on if you are small engine man at all and you don't know how to flash your generator you need to back up buddy you not a small as you text.
Drill trick worked for me
Could be a runner up to the Darwin Awards with that wooden spoon trick.
Do you have to do this every time?
if you only run a generator every year or less, the rotor can lose magnetism.
I tried it with a motorbike battery..... blew the caps off the top of the battery. Sounded like a bomb went off. Car battery next for a laugh🤣
That's because as soon as the generator starts working, you are now holding two live wires outputting 120vac into your battery. They call it "flashing" for a reason. you're only supposed to touch it to the battery for less than a second
Wow, the battery method (not the drill method) worked instantly after following his directions exactly! Thank you sir!
I 'm not sure what's going on here. The "AC plugs" on the panel are connected, basically, to the Stator winding. The "winding" that needs flashed are the Rotor windings. (the piece that spins). What must happen is that when you touch your battery, "for one second" the Stator windings will "see" a brief voltage (12vdc) applied to the stator winding - the stator will then, due to its proximity to the Rotor winding, will induce a voltage (thus current) into the rotor winding. Only problem I see with that is maybe the magnetic poles of the rotor could get reversed. Is that a problem? Not sure.
It worked for my 5500watt the drill method 100% its great
use a cordless drill to spin the corded drill.. Duh!!!
So you ran 110vac to your battery for a second when it started?
I've been studying the manual on a Winco I am rebuilding - this is a little different beast as the power is provided by the rotor and the field by the stator but as an engineer I would guess you got lucky with the polarity. Correct me if I'm wrong - but if you were to reverse-polarity the magnetism it would cancel out the magnetic field perhaps magnetize it the wrong way - and (like a defibrillator) you would need to put twice the power in the correct polarity? I want to make sure I got this right - it was running great but my crankshaft was destroyed so the head is off. If the field wires get grounded - will I lose my residual magnetism?
I guess he doesn’t know.
Thanks man that saved my bacon!
Just be careful handling those battery cables! As soon as the generator starts working, you’re dealing with 120 V
My thoughts as well, seems really risky
When using the “ spin the drill motor” method, just put a bolt in the drill motor and your cordless drill motor on the side and spin away. Simple and it usually works. Drill to drill. Don’t turn on the electric drill or all heck will break lose. Use your imagination.
Yes, it will become gladiator tug of war. HEHE
Yes, you might end up in the ER... The generator will be alive; but, you may not be.
If what you say is true, why did you, and all the others, fail to show it on the video?
It works just did it 2024💯💪🏿🔥
I used a strong 12 Volt 6 amp hour UPS battery and got nothing,, does it have to be a car battery?
Does it need more?
What about polarity of the battery to the +V and Neutral?
I have a Coleman Powermate 6250 generator and it starts but has little power output. I replaced the Carb, Brushes and cleaned the gas tank. My grinder after a while will start and run for 20 seconds then stop. It keeps doing that. Prior to doing all this the generator sat for 4 years. I'm told the generator needs to be Excited again. Could you please actually show me how you did yours with the battery? You cut out in parts that were important and just showed it running.
Ty drill didn't work for me either
Completely awesome! The battery 1 second, worked! Re magnetised the generator and now it works beautifully. Thank you so much for posting.
you have to put the generator off while energizing
We have used the th-cam.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!
Its suppose to spin counter clock wise .. You didnt .. The drill counter clock wise
No you spin it in reverse... He did
It Will work with the drill, BUT you have to (turn the drill backward) it won't work turning it forward just turn the chuck by hand and let go when it starts working, DO NOT USE A BEATER OR A SCREWDRIVER in it, your asking for a trip to the hospital ER when it starts
The drill method does work.
I don't care what anyone says it won't work properly with a drill.use a car battery.everytime it's successful.have done 9 other people's like this.no luck with a fkn drill.
It worked!! Thanks for the help
I'm understanding the battery might work but why didn't you show it ?? Show it in action? You said you did it but I did not see what you did!
Yup. I need to hire a camera man. Hard to hold a camera plus both ends of jumper cables.
@@wagslick BTW, I tried it and it worked! It worked, I was able to put two refrigerators on load. Then for some reason,after several hours, it stopped producing power. I tried the flashing again.. no go after that. Motor ran perfectly though.
@@wagslick use a tripod
It works
Which wire out of the extension cord gets connected to the positive and neg jumper cable? Or does it matter?? Thanks for the video!!
drill would do it too, if you turnt it the other way around.. backwords
he did.
Flashed mine with a lawnmower battery. Worked great but after running for a while I had to flash it again. So, what could that be? Any thoughts?
Good cool like that but what side on what did u connect the bat I thought the marked wirer in ac is positive and the marked wirer on DC is negative
I cant used either method, mine does make power, but like 60 to 70 volts. It is a capacitor type and the capacitor tested good.. I'm stuck
I watched one video and it was stated that it should be a 1/2” drill.. I tried a 6 amp drill and it did not work but a larger drill motor would be 8 amp.. Not sure if it will work on my generator ad it is 7500 watt.. I will try this..
Does it matter which holes in the AC receptacle you plug the wires into? You have got a short slot, a longer slot and an almost round hole called the ground. Looks like the jumper cord you used was only 2 wires. I think any white wire is negative. Not an electrician myself.
Ya man, you get the polarity wrong, you most likely just toasted your genset.
Yes the long slot is white wire ground & black is the short slot main lead. For the test the big round ground doesn't need to be hooked up.
@@MrKoladge Is the long slot (in terms of the 12V battery) positive or negative?
You have to push on the trigger while you twist backwards. Don't use the wooden spoon, because as soon as you create power that drill is going to take off. Spin it backward with your hand and be ready to pull your hand off when it takes off. One secret is when you do your 6 month run on your generator, plug something in. The generation of power keeps your magnets excited, and you won't lose power in the future.
Everything I've read is to put 12v to brushes and check for voltage at stator buss block, that scares me but I'm in a bind with mine, gonna do more research
He's lucky the drill method did not work for him. Can you spell "impaled"?
I had to flash a generator last night for the first time. Saw a video on the drill method. I used a dewalt 1/2 inch. It took a while. and I was panicking a little so I just kept trying. It did work after a while. Watching this video for a back up method.
Tried to publish this below but it doesn't seem to take. Brand new generac generator but wasn't started for over a year after buying. Started up but no output. I tried flashing your way as well with a drill. No output. Fortunately I had an extended warranty so it was picked up for service. The service company tried flashing. No output. They called Generac who told them if flashing did not work, look for a bad connection. They ended up taking every connection they could find apart and retightening and they were able to get output. They have no idea where the bad connection was but it now works great.
Just because the drill method didn’t work for you does NOT mean it doesn’t work because it most certainly does.
I flashed it with a 12v battery jumper inside the generator cover. Worked great easier than lugging a battery around.
This worked for us thank you so much it helped us out alot and the wife and kiddos are happy thank you
When you connect the battery to the generator while the the generator is running, do you have the breaker in the tripped or set position?
drill method doesnt work for me either. and its a fairly small champion 1400w one as well lol. will try the car battery one out since i gotta replace one of the batterys in my cars anyways !
I don't understand how plugging a DC battery into an AC outlet makes it work.
You can't use a cheap $20 low amp drill to field flash, the drill needs to be rated with at least 8 amps for it to work
I'm about to try the battery method, is there any possibility that this could damage my battery? Thanks.
Wow I battled for a week until I saw this used a 12v battery and wow it worked.thanks for your video
So from the battery... did you connect positive post to black wire on the cord?
The drill method works if you spin the drill by hand IN REVERSE!!!
I tried it in reverse. Didn’t work.
@@kentwagner7334 Dude I'm sorry...The drill is to be in the forward position and you spin the chuck in reverse!
You do that with the generator on? Or off?
@@edgaralvarado8065 Edgar, This is not my reply.From what I hear,you perform this procedure with genset running.I'm not sure though...Good luck...
All I have is cordless drills so I used an oscillating fan. The wind moved the blades for me.
Good job and thanks for the explanation that was not shown in the video when you put 12 volts to it. Excellent and well done.
Thanks for the video. Was able to get my generator power running again.
that spoon in the drill was extremely dangerous
Actually, most of the time, the drill method works great. Except, you need a drill that doesn't have a solid-state speed controller.
And, you're lucky it didn't work or else you would have been smacked in the face with the ratchet.
It works for me by using drill thanks man
Spin the chuck anti clockwise to generate electricity.....
Generator service guy told me when he does it he uses only a 1.5 volt cell cause that is all ya need, and no one can accuse ya of damaging some mouse-built component.
Wished I knew this. I rigged up something to go off the generators 12 volt battery. It sparked by it dang worked. NOW I know, just use a 1.5 little ol' battery. At least a half a day I spent on this. Part of it was trying the drill trick, part of it calling service people for this Winco that couldn't help me, and reading a lot of comments to get some ideas. Thanks.
This has just worked for me. Thanks very much... 😃😃