Generator Problems

Could try the old style led light controller (which I did), or try a different invertor and see if your FE likes it. Took a little fooling around to get mine working right.

This unit puts out pure sine wave, as do the Honda super quiets. Most genny's put out modified square wave which is not as good for 'computer' operation. It IS possible that there is something wrong with the inverter.. but I doubt it. It'd be great if you had an electronics (not electrician) friend who could put the genny on an oscilloscope to look at the wave output. Another way to narrow things down would be to borrow another or see if someone has a Honda superquiet...

But, if it works fine when plugged into the house 120v.. it's saying something about the genny.

I use a 3000is Honda gen when I cook at a contest and my dig readout works great on my controller . The only thing it doesn`t do is my auger lite blinks off and on , this is something I added to know when the auger is on .It works fine when plugged in to power source .

I guess I don't have an auger light (or don't know where it is). I was so frustrated with that generator at the last comp that I about threw it away. Luckily, the FEC worked fine on the house power, but I was watching it like a hawk all night and got no sleep. Just purchased a true sine inverter, battery, and trickle charger for the next one. Thanks for the suggestions, I will keep messing with it.

I just purchased a EU2000 today to run my FEC500 at the Clovis contest tomorrow. I hear they work well.

This is killing me. The new inverter came in today, same problem. Screen flickers between 60 degrees and 100 degrees. Unit runs fine when plugged into the home power, I don't understand it. It is a pure sine inverter.

Try to do this, disconect the purple wire and see if it still does it. The ignitor may be causing it.

That worked for about a minute Eddy, then the screen started jumping again. Thanks for the help. I will try it again tomorrow.

Dean,
Have you called the people that sold you this generator and invertor?

No, it is two different companies, two different items. I bought the generator straight from Yamaha, I bought the inverter online. I thought about taking the generator in but wanted to try the inverter first. I just tried another inverter from Sears, same problem. I don't want to rely on the on-site power at the Royal but I am starting to run out of options.

Run off a 12 volt battery going into an inverter. Have the generator to run a battery charger hooked into the 12 volt battery. If the generator dies on you you are good for 10-12 hours at least on the deep cycle battery. Can also use this system with unknown provided power. If you lose power for a few minutes the FE keeps on going since it is actually running off the battery.

That is exactly the system that I have, except that its making the controller do strange things. Tried two different inverters (one pure sine, one modified) and a generator thats safe for electronics.