[RE-wrenches] Burning up brushes

[Comet Systems]

Probably a bad commutator on the rotor, it may not have been polished
properly. I would call Kohler and discuss warranty, it should be replaced
by a Kohler warranty technician free of charge.

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:50 PM, mac Lewis <maclewis1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Wrenches,
>
> I have a customer that has gone through 3 sets of brushes in the past
> month on a Kohler 14kW RES.  Luckily for us, we did not supply this
> generator.  Does anyone have any experience with a generator burning
> through brushes like this?  If so, what was wrong?  The generator guy is
> out for a few weeks so I'd like to help them out if I can.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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