"wreckless1" wrote in message
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thanks for the input but the generator is an ac marine generator which is
brushless and uses a rectifier instead to produce the voltage.

I have never seen a brushless generator, and I would be really surprised to
find an 8KW genset built without them. My 6KW Onan marine genset certainly
had them. Are you sure you don't have brushes?

If you want specific help you should provide some specific details, like the
model number of the generator, or at least the year.

Rod McInnis