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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Does anyone know who built the alternator on the Makita generator model 5711?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Seems to be a brushless unit and its power quality has gotten bad after someone flipped the series / parallel switch for a few seconds while it was running.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>There is a t-240 on the line so it was the equivalent of a dead short.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Needless to say things did not go well after that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The factory has sent me all the manuals, the engine manual is great but the problem is the alternator and the manufacturer has nothing on it, not a thing.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Bob Ellison<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></body></html>