Yul Lose Posted January 8 Posted January 8 (edited) I’ve had my generator on since about 5:00 this morning and other than a bad breaker in a sub panel everything has gone well. A while back I posted about the refrigerator light not working and using those little disk lights that sense movement and light up as a replacement. The refrigerator repair people want anywhere from $800.00 to $1,100.00 to replace a board that they believe is the problem but they won’t guarantee that the board will fix the problem, so the little lights will have to do. I just discovered that the built in refrigerator lights come on every time when the generator is running. I just opened and closed the door about 20 times and they came on each time. Be interesting to see if they work when the power comes back on Friday night. Stay tuned. The power was just restored and the lights don’t light up on SDGE power like they did on the generator power. Edited January 9 by Yul Lose 6 1 2 Quote
Rip Snorter Posted January 8 Posted January 8 4 minutes ago, Yul Lose said: I’ve had my generator on since about 5:00 this morning and other than a bad breaker in a sub panel everything has gone well. A while back I posted about the refrigerator light not working and using those little disk lights that sense movement and light up as a replacement. The refrigerator repair people want anywhere from $800.00 to $1,100.00 to replace a board that they believe is the problem but they won’t guarantee that the board will fix the problem, so the little lights will have to do. I just discovered that the built in refrigerator lights come on every time when the generator is running. I just opened and closed the door about 20 times and they came on each time. Be interesting to see if they work when the power comes back on Friday night. Stay tuned. Have to try my fridge the next time we have an outage and the generator kicks in. Your tip on the disc light has worked well! 1 Quote
Alpo Posted January 8 Posted January 8 In the top of my freezer there's a light. And I got so much food in my freezer that I frequently have that light blocked. And you know what I discovered? Flashlight works real good when you're trying to see something on the fourth shelf. $800? Good Lord I could buy a lot of flashlight for $800. Quote
John Kloehr Posted January 8 Posted January 8 I'll guess the power outage before the generator kicked in reset the board, lights will continue to work until another glitch knocks the board out. I have a stove like that. Needs a new logic board which may or may not fix the problem. If I disconnect the power for a couple minutes, the stove top works fine. When I get a glitch, any number of strange results come into play up to and including a couple burners not working at all and one of them only running between too hot and way too hot. The reason a board swap may not fix the problem is the replacement board may be just as sensitive as the original board, or more sensitive, or less but not enough less sensitive. 1 Quote
Calamity Kris Posted January 8 Posted January 8 1 hour ago, John Kloehr said: I have a stove like that. Needs a new logic board which may or may not fix the problem. If I disconnect the power for a couple minutes, the stove top works fine. When I get a glitch, any number of strange results come into play up to and including a couple burners not working at all and one of them only running between too hot and way too hot. The reason a board swap may not fix the problem is the replacement board may be just as sensitive as the original board, or more sensitive, or less but not enough less sensitive. Thanks for the tip. My glass cook top has one burner that suddenly decided to become insanely hot. It never used to do that. I will have to see if the repair guy can come out and look at it..... Quote
John Kloehr Posted January 9 Posted January 9 27 minutes ago, Calamity Kris said: Thanks for the tip. My glass cook top has one burner that suddenly decided to become insanely hot. It never used to do that. I will have to see if the repair guy can come out and look at it..... Just turn off the breaker for the stove for a couple minutes, might fix it for a while. Repeat as required. I'll probably replace mine at some point rather than repair, I'm just not a fan of this glass-top unit. Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 9 Posted January 9 5 minutes ago, John Kloehr said: Just turn off the breaker for the stove for a couple minutes, might fix it for a while. Repeat as required. I'll probably replace mine at some point rather than repair, I'm just not a fan of this glass-top unit. My old stove would go into an F10 code, sometimes F8. You have no choice but to kill power to it!! Most of time, a 20 second or so wait did the trick. The last time, no joy. Started getting more involved and discovered it said to leave unplugged for 20-30 minutes. Left overnight and plugged back in in the morning. Ran another few years without a hiccup. Ya never know, but never seen such a long reset drain before. Quote
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Yul, does this genny produce sine wave current? 1 Quote
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Maybe you need a Spike prevention adapter or strip. Quote
Pat Riot Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Question: Did you climb inside the fridge and shut the door to see if the light goes out? 6 Quote
watab kid Posted January 9 Posted January 9 that would be interesting pat , i generally just push the plunger switch to see that its working , but hey ....how do we really know ? 4 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted January 9 Posted January 9 11 hours ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said: Yul, does this genny produce sine wave current? I was wondering the same thing. Almost all portable generators produce very abnormal sine wave patterns. A few of the larger, standby generators have power conditioners that correct this problem somewhat. For those with stove problems - If the stove utilizes electronic controls (touch to control, not dial type), I firmly suggest repair or replacement of the appliance. The risk of the appliance turning itself on when no one is home could be a real issue, especially after power failures or voltage fluctuations. This happened to a friend of mine. Fortunately for him, there was nothing sitting on the stove at the time and he noticed it right away when he got home. 2 Quote
Pat Riot Posted January 9 Posted January 9 8 hours ago, watab kid said: that would be interesting pat , i generally just push the plunger switch to see that its working , but hey ....how do we really know ? There’s a plunger switch?! 3 Quote
Yul Lose Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 The power is back on and the lights don’t light up. 2 Quote
Texas Joker Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Run an extension cord to a plug on a different circuit and see if it lights up then. Or hook an oscilloscope to your power plug. I bet your sine wave is off. And whatever your genny was putting out corrected that Quote
Yul Lose Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 3 hours ago, Texas Joker said: Run an extension cord to a plug on a different circuit and see if it lights up then. Or hook an oscilloscope to your power plug. I bet your sine wave is off. And whatever your genny was putting out corrected that I tried it on 2 other circuits and got the same result with the power company power, no lights. 1 Quote
Texas Jack Black Posted January 9 Posted January 9 Portable or fixed Gen .Also new or old? Newer standby generators output a low under 5% total Harmonic Distortion "Pure sine wave' Which is considered to be power with a THD of less than 6% This can safely power sensitive electronics. Best Wishes Quote
watab kid Posted January 10 Posted January 10 13 hours ago, Pat Riot said: There’s a plunger switch?! ya , just dont close the door on yer finger , 2 Quote
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