[RE-wrenches] Generac EcoGen 6kW

[John Blittersdorf]

Dave,
   I agree with Jerry that they might not make it til spring.  If I
remember right, they are fairly easy to change.   I have a customer with
over 8000 hours on his Ecogen 6.  I still have many customers still running
the 6 but
With Multiple brush replacements.  His secret of longevity was to change
the oil weekly as his recirculating system never worked right.

John

On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 10:13 PM Jerry Shafer via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> David,
 The brushes are a variable wear item but when they go the unit is down, I
have seen brushes worn down to the ribbon in under 2000 hrs and some go
twice that and are still OK, As they wear rotor scuff can be an issue plus
as they wear the tension gets weaker and its more prone to build up on the
rotors and that can result in a false failure, but hey that's just me, I
would do it now before the weather sets in and it stops working,
Fun Times

On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 6:47 PM David Palumbo via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> I have a Generac EcoGen 6kW LP gas genset in my neighborhood that I’m
maintaining. It’s been in service for over 12 years and it has 3,200 hours
on it.
I see that I missed the recommended500 hour service for changing the
alternator rotor brushes.
My question is how critical is it that the brushes are changed soon? Would
we be risking any damage to the generator by waiting until spring, about
another u250 hrs?

>
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