Just picked up one of the packaged Chinese generators with R195 engine and what I thought was a ST-5 but found out the head is brushless. Took the top of the doghouse and was supprized no AVR or electronics in there, looks like standard ST parts except for a rather large capacitor ( I think) and a Reostat for adjusting the voltage. Sorry ddint think to take a pic of inside the dog house but here is the tag. What did I buy and are they reliable?
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Looks like a basic ST-5.
Ya, only with no brushes.
Oops missed that. I was looking at the class B insulation which at 130c seems like kind of a low rating.
Shouldn't cost much to put a set of brushes into it. ;)