From: timvasqz Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Generator instrument issues
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 9:06 PM

sounds like your genset generatorHead has a output to charge a

dedicated battery. many stand alone gensets (generator and motor

set) are designed to charge the 12,24, volt start battery while the

motor is running and making 120volt Alternating Current (120v ac).



Since the generator has many options and able configurations , along

the line repairs can be made with assumptions that things are hooked

up wrong in comparison to a non intended configuration. try and

power it off the battery's 12.5v??????? ??????

Gregory ofTim&Greg

94ptCa



--- In WanderlodgeForum@ yahoogroups. com, "akav8r"

wrote:

>

> I have a perkins/kohler 12.5 gen set and I have now started

looking at

> my inop gen set instruments in ernest. I was pointed (by a member

of

> the forum THANKS) to the teleflex site with their instructions on

> installing and troubleshooting the instruments (hour meter, oil

> pressure, Water temp).

>

> I have printed and read these. I then pulled the instruments out

of

> the panel and started checking according to their directions.

First

> off I was not having the indications on the gauge that they said I

> should have if the instrument was working properly. My needles

are

> laying to the right with no life at all. I then began to check

voltage

> on the power lines to each instrument. I was unsure if they got

their

> power from the gen battery or the coach battery. Therefore I

checked

> with the gen battery disconnected first, then with it connected.

I got

> no voltage either time on any of the three instruments. Not sure

why

> but I then started the gen set and checked the voltage. at this

time I

> got 57.8, 58, and 58.2 DC volts when connected to the power wire

and

> ground wire. I should also note that the volt meter on the gen

battery

> works properly and is indicating approx. 12.5 volts with the

battery

> connected.

>

> I am not an electrician and know a minimal amount about this

subject,

> but I do know how to read a volt meter and this sounds crazy high

to me.

>

> Help from anyone with knowledge in this area would be greatly

> appreciated. I would also be interested in a diagram showing how

the

> instruments are wired if anybody has one.

>

> THANKS again for your help.

> Wendel, GA

> 82 fc35sb

> "Change of Venue"

>