Electric Starter for any GENERATOR

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[buck_maize]

I'm definitely doing this 😀
If you don't pull the drill away quickly once it starts will it spin the drill outta my hands?

[stevenharris]

man, its 6 year later, nov 2020, and your video is STILL VALID !!

[DobleWhiteAndStabley]

Oi! I took your tip and added a little 12 volt motor i run off of a battery bank with a generator made by harbor freight of the same design. I use the generator to charge the battery bank made from old laptop batteries (about 6 killiwatts worth of energy) when they get low on charge. Just have to depress the momentary switch until i hear it turn over and boom! Powah! Modded the tank for a ten gallon tank so i only have to fill it once every 5 days instead of every day and hooked up the controls to be manipulated remotely via robotics.

All bragging aside, it was this video you made that solved the problem of actually starting it remotely. Everything else fell into place after that. So thankee kindly!

[timmerlives]

Brilliant. Subscribed. I like when I see a video and right off the bat…. It’s obvious that I’m watching a smart guy. I’m so tired of dumbed down people.

[billpowers]

This reminded me of when i had one of the Big Huge sattelite dishes "those of you who remember them. The motor that turned the dish burnt up. And a new motor cost over $200 for one. So, i had an old reversible electric drill that i hooked to the dish. And i took the power & f/r switch & ran it into the house. That drill actually worked Better than the original motor. Several people told me "There's No Way you can do that & make it work"? 2 were licensced electricians. But, the Laugh was on them. All it takes is just a Little bit of Common sense. Anyhow, just thought i'd throw that in. But, the guy with this drill starting the generator reminded me of that!! Lol..

[YardBird]

I use a 15/16 socket to start my 13 H.P. generator. I put the socket on a break bar ratchet to eliminate backlash.  I got the break bar ratchet on Ebay. Also, you will need an 18 volt cordless drill to provide enough torque. It works perfectly.

[Autotechmechanics]

Lol i'm 39 and i did this when i was 14 to start my lawnmower engined go-kart, back then it was an old mains powered Black N Decker!

[sacp]

Knew that socket was gonna come off, before you even started it the first time. Was gonna suggest you epoxy that socket on there, but waited to see if you figured that out. That was funny!

[hktech]

hey bridgeboy, i came up with the same idea 7 years ago with my little 900 watt gen set. drilled the cover out too. you'll do it til eventually the socket pulls off the extension bar and tears up your flywheel fins. so I came up with something better. a crankshaft extension and works great.

[lisafraser]

Thank you so much for this tip...was going to throw my little genny out as i cnt start it anymore (my arms are weak as im getting old now 😂) this video is a huge help..thank you
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[eaglehill]

Hahaha, I just knew that socket was coming off but you got er fixed. Good idea.

[lcinflorida]

This is wonderful! I have a black cloud that follows me everywhere and can never get a pull start to work.. TY!

[dough]

I did this to my crappy 4 stroke chinese generator that got about 50 pulls before breaking the plastic pull cord. I used tape to keep the socket from coming off, it worked well but the nut on the flywheel tightened and cracked the flywheel. i took the bolt off and used threadlocker and it still works but if you have enough thread to add another nut and then use threadlocker , that might be a better option . another option would be to weld the nut on the engine so it wont turn

[joescheckler]

And yes - I DO live in Alaska.
I would just have fixed the RECOIL STARTER (that's the real name) and nott cut off a socket wrench extension.
Using a deep-set socket is really ingenious for an emergency fix, but finding the REAL socket size for your Chinese generator would have done you better.
Have you snapped off the threaded, weak Chinese steel shaft yet?? THEN you'll be "Up the Creek ..." for sure.
I would just have found a simple rebuild kit and fixed it right. That's how we do things in Alaska when we're 4 to 10 hours (round trip) from the nearest hardware store.
Now, if you were in Alaska you would have bought two identical gensets and always had cheap, instant backup to water your stuff. Then again, there's always a simple, cheap, solar charger for a 12 Volt pump, too.

[jameservinmedia]

You can do this with a small generator. I wouldn't recommend for larger ones. Arm twist fractures are really painful.

[explodaeusextremicus]

Life saver, haven't tried yet but I will.

[markshatto]

Dig your theme bro. Going to convert one for my pressure washer AND lawn equip. Thanks for the tip!

[capnmartins]

You're speaking my language MacGyver!

[shessometimesdoublechocola]

Hey, don't forget to plug the drill's battery charger into the generator and recharge the drill battery after several uses!

[nickxrs]

I like this idea. I bought one of those new 4300 watt generators that operate off of gas and propane they work great but now that it's getting cold it's a b**** to start . It takes almost 100 pulls, doesn't matter if the chokes off or on a little she doesn't kick over until she starts to warm up.