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Originally Posted by stevehull
using a small Honda (~1.5 kW) generator only to the well pump (1 HP). At pump start up, the pump house electric light bulb would noticeably dim for 8-10 seconds and the generator slowed considerably. Then, the generator would speed up, the light brightened and he had water. Then, about two days later, the pump died while on this generator. When we pulled it and did the tear down necropsy, the motor windings appeared burned. My belief was that this repeated starting high current and low voltage fried his pump (caused by the too small generator).
Of course, this could just be coincidence, but the pump was only three years old.
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No coincidence.
That sums it up pretty well.
The motor was in startup for too long.