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The smarter it gets, the stupider it becomes. This generator followed me offgrid and promptly started throwing codes.

[Azusa-dnmi]

If ownership is forbidden, then piracy is justified.

[czdoxlu]

Never underestimate the power of a multi meter, o scope and a foolish man with time on his hands.

[cqa]

All the reliability of Italian electronics, married with the rugged dependability of an unserviceable Korean motor.

[thomzwiefler]

As a heavy equipment field tech, everything I just witnessed made complete sense. This is a case study that could be utilized to explain to the wife's and girlfriends as to why you haven't text them back for 6 hours.

[FunkFPV]

I’m a Doosan forklift dealer and their idea of training hilarious.
These days if you have a running issue and it has an engine with DEF. It’s probably the DEF system.

[stever]

Been wstching this guy for years, , , , i truly believe he's one of the smartest people in the world.

[liminalsunset]

The problem with systems like this is that they are all built from components (i.e. the Doosan engine, the generator, the PLC control panel, etc), each of which has undocumented fault codes, that the system integrator doesn't know much about. So of course they are of no help. This kind of stuff is put together using the minimum signalling required to get it to operate, and then sent out the door. Thus, when something breaks, you are not actually doing repair, you are doing the missing engineering.

[stastic]

One of my customers is still running a 1970s Onan with the International 401v8. Tune up parts from Onan are $100 a pop. No one shows any aftermarket options. 2 days of digging, and the cap and rotor and condenser are from a 1960 Studebaker Champ and the points are 1960s VW beetle. Whaddya know, it runs great now. Old stuff was made to be repaired and you can still fix them.

[matthewkiehle]

It seems wrong to have a busted generator video without the dewclaw.

[Erstwhile.Freeman]

I laughed so hard when I saw the wiring and meter. When a job goes down a dark path of time and lessons, where each success brings hope to only be met with another failure. From one repair man to another, this victory was felt wholeheartedly.

[TheTW]

As a service engineer, it warms my heart to know that I am a loss leader for my mob :o)

[GenerallyBetterLiving]

These are the videos that prove the hype is real. 8 minutes of absolute strong work! You deserve another 1.5 million subscribers, like tomorrow. Thanks for winning the battles some of us don't even know exist.

[purrito]

Props to our friends in Hindustan willing to preach the truth.

[oldtimefarmboy]

I saw what was called a demotivational poster. It showed a large body of water with the bow of a ship sticking out of it. Underneath was written: "THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF YOUR LIFE COULD BE JUST TO SERVE AS A WARNING TO OTHERS"

[noc]

Have a friend that some times has to go to a big manufacturer. Hacks and reprograms factory new generators that are heading out into the bush, right in the parking lot of the manufacturer. They are not allowed to sell equipment without all the crap, so he goes there and fixes it before they are shipped out.

[AtlasReburdened]

The proper procedure is to get it purring just the once. Data log the outputs from all sensors on the... extraneous systems, and then whip up some circuitry that happens to always provide those "everything is A OK here" signals and wire that in. Then if those extraneous systems happen to, say, accidentally fall off on a windy day, you're good!

[robertfontaine]

Disposable 120k diesel generator. Definitely a wtf moment.

[Wild_Lee_Coyote]

This is why I love Edison Motors. They are a bunch of Canadians that got fed up with the state of modern companies, specifically Tesla, and decided to build their own diesel/electric semi truck. They are completely about an owners right to repair, they provide all codes, part numbers, and use off the shelf parts you can find virtually anywhere. We need better right to repair laws in North America.

[RadDadisRad]

I work in process controls and automation. Worked for “Good” tire manufacturer and they have many generators of which many of them need configured and connected to work with plant processes for hot start and also for increasing voltage preload transfer so that our equipment loads up the generator without dipping the voltage. We wipe out the voltage regulator circuit and integrate our own analog control circuit and use a PID and inputs from certain VFDs to control the voltage step up/down to prevent dips/surges. I can tell you that a lot of these diesel gensets can almost run exclusively from a PLC if you have a CAN communication configuration.

[Dahgomba]

and yet, for all their efforts, there still persists a way to hack the machine and to get it to perform its intended function. thank you! you've given me hope!