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Generator and Battery charger problem - Sidney Breese - 08-31-2006 07:31 I have two problems which I don't think are related. About two weeks ago I moved my Bird to get ready for a trip. Everything seemed to be working fine; engine, generator, ac. I left it alone for about a week, then decided to hook it up to shore power. 1. I tried to start the generator. It cranked and began to start, but then stalled out. I have not been able to get it started since. Everything looks fine. 2. After the failure of the generator, I hooked up store power. Did not hear the battery chargers humming. The breaker had switch the system off. Reset it and it tripped the breaker in my barn. Sounds to me like the chargers are shot or shorted out. Any suggestions? Sid Breese 85 PT40 St. Joseph, MO Generator and Battery charger problem - one_dusty_hoot - 08-31-2006 08:44 Could be they ARE related, here's how. The genset has a tremdous load at start by the short not enough to trip the breaker but enough to keep from running. You need to isolate the chargers, disconnect, or whatever to get them out of the circuit. Starting a generator with a heavy load before it reached govenor speed is not good. Bob Janes, '87FC35, Greenville, SC --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Sidney Breese" <ssbreese@...> wrote: > > I have two problems which I don't think are related. About two weeks > ago I moved my Bird to get ready for a trip. Everything seemed to be > working fine; engine, generator, ac. I left it alone for about a week, > then decided to hook it up to shore power. > > 1. I tried to start the generator. It cranked and began to start, but > then stalled out. I have not been able to get it started since. > Everything looks fine. > > 2. After the failure of the generator, I hooked up store power. Did > not hear the battery chargers humming. The breaker had switch the > system off. Reset it and it tripped the breaker in my barn. Sounds to > me like the chargers are shot or shorted out. Any suggestions? > > Sid Breese > 85 PT40 > St. Joseph, MO > Generator and Battery charger problem - Sidney Breese - 09-05-2006 10:02 Thanks for the help. I spent part of Labor Day getting the coach ready for our trip. I unplugged both chargers and pluged them in one at a time. Sure enough, the second one blew the circuit breaker. Any suggestion of new ones. Mine are the boilers Have not had any luck with the generator yet, but I do not have a manual or understand how the thing works. I have plenty of fuel. Thanks again > Sid Breese > 85 PT40 > St. Joseph, MO > Generator and Battery charger problem - one_dusty_hoot - 09-05-2006 10:45 Ha!, Ha!, Whoopee, great. Thanks for the feedback. It's true, one of those queer acting chargers will blow a fuse every time. Look for the "Rob" report on the IOTA's, $380 not bad. I have a Heart Freedom 2000, remote panel, like it a lot. Bob Janes, '87FC35, Greenville, SC --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Sidney Breese" <ssbreese@...> wrote: > > Thanks for the help. I spent part of Labor Day getting the coach ready > for our trip. I unplugged both chargers and pluged them in one at a > time. Sure enough, the second one blew the circuit breaker. Any > suggestion of new ones. Mine are the boilers > > Have not had any luck with the generator yet, but I do not have a > manual or understand how the thing works. I have plenty of fuel. > > Thanks again > > Sid Breese > > 85 PT40 > > St. Joseph, MO > > > Generator and Battery charger problem - Gregory OConnor - 09-05-2006 11:00 Hay! Gregory O'Connor 94ptRomolandCa --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "one_dusty_hoot" wrote: > > Ha!, Ha!, Whoopee, great. Thanks for the feedback. > It's true, one of those queer acting chargers will > blow a fuse every time. > Bob Janes, '87FC35, Greenville, SC Generator and Battery charger problem - one_dusty_hoot - 09-05-2006 11:30 Sid, maybe we could send some luck your way, promise, we want get you into trouble, hopefully. What kind of generator do you have? Gas, diesel? What can you tell us about it and what you have done? Let's Git-er-done! Bob Janes, '87FC35, Greenville, SC --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Sidney Breese" <ssbreese@...> wrote: > > Thanks for the help. I spent part of Labor Day getting the coach ready > for our trip. I unplugged both chargers and pluged them in one at a > time. Sure enough, the second one blew the circuit breaker. Any > suggestion of new ones. Mine are the boilers > > Have not had any luck with the generator yet, but I do not have a > manual or understand how the thing works. I have plenty of fuel. > > Thanks again > > Sid Breese > > 85 PT40 > > St. Joseph, MO > > > Generator and Battery charger problem - Howard O. Truitt - 09-06-2006 10:41 Sid, I just installed two IOTA DLS 55amp. battery chargers $150.00 each with the IOTA IQ4 PARALLEL smart charge control $35.00. Freight $15.00 from California to Georgia. Ordered from John Drake Service's, www dot solarsellers dot com. Phone # 562-423-4879 talk to John. IOTA has larger sizes also. Good luck. Howard Truitt Camilla, Ga. 86 PT40 ----- Original Message ----- From: Sidney Breese To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 6:02 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Generator and Battery charger problem Thanks for the help. I spent part of Labor Day getting the coach ready for our trip. I unplugged both chargers and pluged them in one at a time. Sure enough, the second one blew the circuit breaker. Any suggestion of new ones. Mine are the boilers Have not had any luck with the generator yet, but I do not have a manual or understand how the thing works. I have plenty of fuel. Thanks again > Sid Breese > 85 PT40 > St. Joseph, MO > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/433 - Release Date: 8/30/2006 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |