My guardian 40g generator won't start by pushing the on switch. All the fuses are ok , including the 7.5 amp in the control panel. The battery is one year old. The 12 volt system is working and su

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I think that is the problem as well. Temporarily, you could just buy a tricke charger from the parts house and hook that up until your other one is changed. Rick

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• Posted on May 19, 2009

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Your control board is faulty. Try to power up the ingnition coil as well as your fuel pump. If this does not get the engine running then you have major engine problems.

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I had an 8kw unit from Guardian I put in last year. The starter was defective direct from the factory. If your battery is at full charge and voltage good, with tight connections to the starter it may boil down to the starter itself. Call the warrenty dept. for the company and tell them it should be covered.

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This is likely a problem with the voltage regulator or the wiring. If this unit has brushes/sliprings for field excitation check the condition of those.

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if the noise is coming from the solenoid attached to the top of the starter replace it for the windings are shorted out causing the noise you hear