I was given an old Honda generator, a pre-inverter type. The model is EG1000 and I'm guessing it is from the 80s. I cleaned up the carb and got it running, and it will light a 250w work lamp nice and bright but I checked the frequency of the AC I see 190hz! I haven't put a tach on it, but the engine is not rev'ing up like crazy. 190 is not much more than 60 x 3 = 180, so I'm wondering if I might be seeing multiple phases? Bad rectifier it something? Any suggestions as to the issue?
This thing is old and loud and puts out less than 1kw so I am not willing to spend more than a pitance to fix it, BTW.
This thing is old and loud and puts out less than 1kw so I am not willing to spend more than a pitance to fix it, BTW.