My coworker had a small accident at work. He had repaired some faulty wiring on the fuel solenoid that was preventing it from runing. This is a 60kw 50/60 generator.
He noticed the positive cable was loose on the starting system. He went to tighten it, with the generator still running and it popped off in his hand. Ooops. He put it back on as fast as he could in a reaction. Ooops. Hence the term load dump. No more circuit board system. So the next time that jackass at Autozone tells you to just pull the cable while running, tell him to get bent.
He noticed the positive cable was loose on the starting system. He went to tighten it, with the generator still running and it popped off in his hand. Ooops. He put it back on as fast as he could in a reaction. Ooops. Hence the term load dump. No more circuit board system. So the next time that jackass at Autozone tells you to just pull the cable while running, tell him to get bent.
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