Had a new breaker put in and the problem is still around. No hours on the generator. Will not even hold a power tool.
Power tools CAN draw heavy loads if the voltage or frequency is off. Both of those CAN be a fault of the generator.
Check the frequency by plugging in a clock with a moving second hand and time it for 10 minutes against a quartz clock. ALSO do a voltage check with another voltmeter.
The 5500 Watt generator should hold 40 amps. Power tools with induction motors like some table saws take a large starting load near this value AND would be sensitive to low voltage AND especially low frequency, both of which will cause much higher current draw.
One MIGHT have to resort to put an oscilloscope on the output to make sure the waveform of the AC output is normal..
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