Perkins Gen-set

[gregoryoconnor]

a blown fuse and circuit breaker are usually the result of a problem and not
the problem.

I once viewed a consumer watchdog news sting where a woman car owner went into
a auto repair shop for 'windshield wiper not turning on repair'. several shops
replaced the news team installed bad fuse and sent her on her way. One shop
spent a methodical 3/4 hour trying to figure why the fuses blew respecting the
customers safety in probable traffic during a downpour which is the test period
for repair. I felt the shops in error were those only replacing the fuse and
not researching or finding the problem.

One issue I know very little about is lost neutral and the return of ac current
thru the other leg????????? A heat cooked breaker can be the genset ambient
environment or the tripping damage of the breaker doing its job

One other issue is the bonding of a genset made ac within a motorhome. I can
only assume that it is to be onboard bonded unlike onboard bonding or shorepower
ac.

Just flipping a switch and repowering 50 amps without finding the problem can
cause 49 amp of hurt when a repeat of the event that caused the trip shows
different result.

I test my swimmingpool light with a tennisball. It's
difficult to get a dog to turn on the toaster in my bus so I would look for the
true problem and not the quick fix.

Greg ofTim&Greg
94ptca


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, dru penland wrote:
>
> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
>
> It's the breaker in the generator house. It won't close the circuit. Looks a
little toasty, as well.
>
> Your too good and too kind with your knowledge. Thanks again!
> Dru and Debora
> Corpus Christi, TX
> 1983 FC 35 RB
> Steady Gittin' It!
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ralph Fullenwider
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 2:00:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Perkins Gen-set
>
>
> Oh, and reset the lower left GFI breaker in the main panel in the closet, if
it is leg 2.
>
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph & Charolette Fullenwider
> '84 FC 35 "Ruff Diamond"
> Duncan, Oklahoma
>
> At 11:52 AM 9/8/2009 -0700, you wrote:
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>
>
> Thank you so much, Ralph! I can't wait for the clock to 4 so I can go check it
out. I felt sick when this happened to me. I just felt $$$ coming out of my
pocket. It appears from the wiring schematic that the fan motor for the
generator radiator is 220v. It's running like it always has. If it's truly 220v
then I should have full power on the back side of these breakers you are
referring to? That would be so FANTASTIC!
> >
> >Thanks again,
> >
> >Dru and Debora
> >Corpus Christi, TX
> >1983 FC 35 RB
> >Steady Gittin' It!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Dru:
> >
> >Have you checked the breakers located in the gen set compartment on the curb
side wall? Re sent those, then if no power, remove the cover and check voltage
on both sides of bother breakers to be sure it is not a faulty breaker.
> >
> > Safe travels,
> >
> >Ralph & Charolette Fullenwider
> >'84 FC 35 "Ruff Diamond"
> >Duncan, Oklahoma
> >
> >At 10:18 AM 9/8/2009 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >Hellos All!
> >>
> >>Just got back fro a mini trip and lost one leg of my generator. When I fired
it up and transferred from shore to gen, the Perkins took a little dip in rpm
and I lost the curb side power. I didn't find any circuit breakers tripped and
the volt meter on the info panel shows no voltage on that one side. Are there
other protections that could have tripped or am I into major repairs?
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks!
> >>
> >>Dru and Debora
> >>Corpus Christi, TX
> >>1983 FC 35 RB
> >>Steady Gittin' It!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> Safe travels,
>
> Ralph & Charolette Fullenwider
> '84 FC 35 "Ruff Diamond"
> Duncan, Oklahoma
>