{ "item_title" : "Portable Generator Maintenance and Repair", "item_author" : [" Talor Press "], "item_description" : "A generator is the only machine most households own that has to work on the onenight it is needed, after standing untouched for a year. That is exactly thecondition under which it will not start, and the reason is almost always thesame: the fuel that was left in it. Nineteen chapters take the machine apart as what it actually is, an engine andan alternator bolted together, because nearly every fault belongs clearly to onehalf or the other. The book teaches the measurement that answers which in tenseconds, then works through each side in the order that costs least. The safety chapter comes second for a reason. Portable generators kill peopleevery year through carbon monoxide, through connection to house wiring, andthrough refuelling a hot engine, and none of those involves the machinemalfunctioning at all. WHAT IS INSIDE 19 chapters covering how the set works, sizing against a real load, fuel and whyit fails, the carburettor, ignition and the no-start path, the governor andengine speed, the electrical side when there is no output, routine maintenance, storage and recommissioning, connection and transfer switches, and buying Systematic diagnosis by symptom: will not start, starts and dies, runs badly, and every category of electrical fault, each in the order worth checking 4 fully worked cases followed from first symptom to confirmed cause 8 clear technical diagrams Chapters on tools and meters, on costs and dealing with trades, and on emergencyand temporary repairs 4 appendices: service schedule, quick electrical tests, storage andrecommissioning checklists, and a machine data record Service log and fault log sheets, and a 15-term glossary WHO IT IS FOR Owners of portable and standby generators: petrol and diesel, conventional andinverter. Carburettors, plugs, filters, capacitors, brushes, regulators andbreakers are owner territory and the book treats them that way. Alternatorrewinds, inverter electronics and anything connecting the set to a building areidentified as work for a specialist or a qualified electrician. The night of the power cut is not the night to find out. This book is about themonth before.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/819/170/9798191701530_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "10.99", "online_price" : "10.99", "our_price" : "10.99", "club_price" : "10.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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