How old is this thing? Wacker is a company that makes concrete finishing and related equipment. They offer brand labeled stuff they don't make themselves from time to time.
This I know because Kohler brand labeled portables for them many years ago. The funny part is that these were very specialized machines, producing 120VAC at 180 Hz. They were used to run some sort of vibratory concrete finishers, the things with the big paddles that are used to finish large slabs. Every once in a while we would get a call from someone who had bought one of these, usually at an equipment auction, asking about reconnection. You could use them for anything that wasn't frequency sensitive, but boy, oh boy, don't plug an electric clock into one..... Dan running at 70Hz Sent from my iPad > On Sep 15, 2014, at 1:21 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yesterday I bought a generator that 'acts like the choke was stuck on and > then it dies', then the seller broke the starter rope before I got there so I > couldn't even check it for compression. > > Turned out the rope wasn't broken, just untied, and was a string trimmer rope > much thinner and shorter than it should be for an 11hp generator. 5 minutes > to restring the starter. > Wouldn't spark until I cleaned the soot fouled plug, then started on the 2nd > pull and blew soot out of the exhaust. Ran great for 10 seconds after I shut > the fuel off. Fortunately I finally came to my senses and checked the air > filter before tearing the carb apart. I've never seen a filter so badly > clogged, it's difficult to blow through, let alone try to get it to pass 11hp > worth of air. > Generator runs great without the filter. Makes sparks with a half hearted tug > on the rope, starts so easily I might not bother to put the proper rope on it. > > Again, does anybody know anything about Wacker generators? > I'm hoping they're the MBZ of generators, but I'd never heard the name before > last weekend. > > Mitch. > > > Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote: >> The 11hp Wacker/Honda I bought today has a three wire 240v outlet, I have >> yet to determine whether the "ground" can be used as a neutral. The seller >> got it from a storage unit auction 8 years ago, so it must be at least 10 >> years old, haven't looked for the data plate yet. >> Does anybody know anything about Wacker generators, other than they're super >> expensive? Looks like internet price on my Wacker 5.6 is about $2600 plus >> $200 for the wheel kit. I'm hoping the quality and durability is super high, >> like Snap-On hand tools or old Mercedes-Benz. Mine looks somewhat beat, but >> the Honda engine still has excellent compression. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
