RPM SENSE LOSS MEANS THAT THE ENGINE ISN'T BEING SEEN AS RUNNING.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THE STARTER MOTOR ISN'T EVEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE IN "AUTO". IT IS HOWEVER STARTING RIGHT UP IN MANUAL SO I CONNECTED MY EQUIPMENT SO THAT I COULD WITNESS WHAT WAS OCCURING WHEN THE "AUTO" MODE PERFORMED THE EXERCISE CYCLE. INTERMITTENTLY, THE 12VDC TO THE STARTER CONTACTOR WAS BARELY THERE LONG ENOUGH TO MOVE THE STARTER BENDIX FORWARD. SO THE STARTER NEVER SPUN THE MOTOR OVER TO GET IT TO START.
IN "MANUAL" THE GENERATOR STARTED EVERY TIME.
SO THE BLUE WIRE HAD TO BE FINE AS WELL AS THE STARTER CONTACTOR AND THE STARTER BECAUE "MANUAL" WORKED JUST FINE.
MY AMMETER SHOWED A CURRENT READING BUT ONLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T ZERO THE METER. IF THE STARTER RECEIVED POWER YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE READING. I COULD HAVE PLACED MY AMMETER ON THE BATTERY CABLE AS WELL BUT I WANTED BOTH MY METERS CLEARLY VISIBLE. (OR AT MY AGE, WITHIN SIGHT.)
I'VE NEVER SEEN AN INTERMITTENT PROGRAM SO I SUSPECT THE CONTROLLER ITSELF. FOR THIS I SUGGESTED THAT THE OWNER CONTACT A CERTIFIED GENERAC REPAIR PERSON. THE AGE OF THE UNIT ALONG WITH WHATEVER UPDATES CAN BE PERFORMED I LEAVE TO THEM.
I DID HEAR "CLICKING" ON THE ORIGINAL VIDEO, AT THE PROGRAMMED EXERCISE TIME, BUT COULDN'T DEFINATIVELY PINPOINT A SOURCE. EVEN AFTER MULTIPLE VIEWS OF THE ORIGINAL VIDEO. COULD HAVE BEEN WIND CAUSED. I STILL SUSPECT THE CONTROLLER.
GENERAC MADE THE BLUE AND GREY "CENTURION" FOR LOWES, SO THIS IS STILL AN 8KW GENERAC.
I ACTUALLY GOT HIT/BIT/STUNG BEHIND MY RIGHT EAR. ALTHOUGH THE OWNER ONCE SHOWED ME A BALD FACE HORNETS NEST THAT HE TOOK AND SPRAYED WITH POLYEURATHANE TO PRESERVE - I NEVER SAW A NEST OR ANYTHING. JUST RUINED MY VIDEO.
HAD THE STARTER FUNCTIONED PROPERLY AND THE GENERATOR STILL NOT STARTED THE ALARM WOULD BE "OVERCRANK" AND A NEW HOST OF ITEMS WOULD COME INTO QUESTION.
I'LL EDIT THIS ONCE THE CERTIFIED TECH REPAIRS THE UNIT.