Generator and Battery charger problem

[Sidney Breese]

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

[one_dusty_hoot]

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
>

[Sidney Breese]

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
>

[one_dusty_hoot]

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
> >
>

[Gregory OConnor]

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

[one_dusty_hoot]

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
> >
>

[Howard O. Truitt]

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
>






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