If I remember correctly, the stop solenoid is held open with the power on, as a safety feature, ie if something fails the generator will stop. This has got me thinking that surely with the solenoid pulling the lever into this position the whole time the generator is running, the solenoid would burn out? However, surely its always been like that because the generator had always worked fine until the day that the previous solenoid went up in smoke. Therefore, for the generator to start the solenoid has to pull the lever up into the cold start position to supply fuel. At rest this lever is all the way down in the stop position.

The solenoid connects to what Farymann grandly refer to in the manual as the 'speed adjustment lever'. I have now sourced a replacement but due to the lockdown I won't be able to fit it for a while and in the meantime I've started to overthink things. I recently hadn't used the generator for a little while and upon going to start it, the diesel stop solenoid basically burnt itself out, I'm guessing through age or damp. I have one of the Farymann 15/18W series of generators and I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice regarding the generator and it's diesel stop solenoid.

Farymann electric solenoid valve 24v