My Honda GX160 generator will not put out an electrical current?

My Honda GX160 generator will not put out an electrical current?

Added (1). I have replaced the cap with the correct type from genguru.com (245V / 18uf) and tried the drill trick etc with no luck. My multimeter measures between 24 - 30 VAC from the socket on the 220V setting and I have eliminated the switches & wiring from being faulty. It also measures the same voltage across the two yellow cap wires but doesn't charge the cap. Engine runs fine.

If the engine is working fine, but there's no output voltage try this trick. It may work on standard alternator type generators, but not on those which use an inverter. It worked for me in the past, but try at your own risk.

First check to ensure that all circuit breakers and fuses are good. Shut off the engine and remove any cords from the generator. Plug in a cord with bare wires on the other end to one of the 120VAC outlets. Connect one end of the cord to a car battery. Very quickly touch the other wire to the other battery terminal. Do not leave it there longer than to create a few sparks or you may destroy the windings. If the residual magnetism in the alternator had weakened, this may be enough to get it started again.

Field Flashing of Portable Generators

This tip comes from the Briggs & Stratton Customer Education Department via Precise Engine Repair web site.

As an alternative to flashing a rotor winding with a battery applied to the brushes, an electric drill may be used. Follow these steps to flash the generator:

Plug the electric drill into the generator receptacle. (Cordless drills do not work)
If the drill is reversible, move the direction switch to the forward position.

Start the generator:

While depressing the trigger on the drill, spin the drill chuck in reverse direction. This will excite the field and the generator will now produce electricity. If spinning the chuck one direction does not work, try spinning the chuck in the other direction as you may have the reverse switch positioned backwards.

Use caution not to get your hand or other materials caught in the chuck. As soon as the field is excited, the generator will produce power and the drill will turn on.

The reason this works is because the electric motor in the drill will act as a small generator when spun backwards. The magnets in the drill's motor induce a voltage into the motor windings, which is fed back through the trigger, cord and into the generators receptacle. From there it goes into the power winding of the stator. The voltage going through the power winding creates a magnetic field, which is intensified due to the iron core of the stator laminations.

The rotor intersects this magnetic field as it is spun past the power winding, thus inducing a voltage in the rotor winding. Once current flow is present in the rotor winding the rotor has been flashed.

If flashing the field does not make the generator work, you may have additional problems, besides a lack of magnetism in the rotor. Further testing will be needed. Hopefully, this will give a simple way to field flash your generator.

This is a link you may have to look into: The field coil may need to be flashed. Here is part of his home generator web page.

http://members.rennlist.org/warren/generator.html

Edit: Hope it help. You're in a wrong forum, this forum for Honda vehicle help.