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03-12-2006, 09:33
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Hi all,
it's a warm sunny day (42 & rising) today so thought I should fire up the "White Bird" and genset and bring them up to a good temp. I have had the coach plugged in to 50 amp and had heat on so nothing would freeze in the weather we've had. Bird fired right up and is running smoothly as I write this. The genset didn't want to start, the reset button was tripped. Pushed it in and it took off and ran smoothly for about a minute. It doesn't seem to matter if it is on the gen setting (on the switch by the step) or not. It will start right up, sound fine for about a minute, then trip off. The water, and oil are fine. It doesn't seem to move the needles on the galley monitor when it is running and I hurry in to check, after turning it to the gen position.... When it is on the 50 amp shore the needles are fine. Thanks for you help, I'll be looking in archives. Mom & I were hoping to go on a jaunt week after next....grrr... Rose Mary 82 FC 33 |
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03-12-2006, 10:47
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Rose mary,
Does you generator battery have a full charge? I had a similar problem once only to find out the battery had enough voltage to start the generator, but not enough to keep the fuel solenoid operating. Chet Geist 1981 FC33, Austin, Texas Original Message: ----------------- From: Rose Mary winstonnews@... Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:33:29 +0000 To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] genset tripping off Hi all, it's a warm sunny day (42 & rising) today so thought I should fire up the "White Bird" and genset and bring them up to a good temp. I have had the coach plugged in to 50 amp and had heat on so nothing would freeze in the weather we've had. Bird fired right up and is running smoothly as I write this. The genset didn't want to start, the reset button was tripped. Pushed it in and it took off and ran smoothly for about a minute. It doesn't seem to matter if it is on the gen setting (on the switch by the step) or not. It will start right up, sound fine for about a minute, then trip off. The water, and oil are fine. It doesn't seem to move the needles on the galley monitor when it is running and I hurry in to check, after turning it to the gen position.... When it is on the 50 amp shore the needles are fine. Thanks for you help, I'll be looking in archives. Mom & I were hoping to go on a jaunt week after next....grrr... Rose Mary 82 FC 33 <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> SPONSORED LINKS
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03-12-2006, 12:33
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Hey there Rosemary, nice to "see" you again. Ahhh..The genset
questions.. You did not mention which genset you had in the coach, but assuming it is a Perkins/Kohler.. a couple of questions. Did the cooling fan run?? Generally it will if the genset is producing power (240v). If not then there are some "other issues" The guages in the galley may indicate that the genset is or is NOT producing power..if the TRANSFER SWITCH..is set to something else..the guages will not register power. That switch must be set to GEN to make the guages work when on the genset. I have found back in the MAIN BREAKER PANEL switches turned off and/or not set "just so" and they will prevent the guages from working give then a good on/off cycle, do it with authority when nothing is running. What was the oil pressure?? Did/does it register..if not the genset will shut down. The shut downs are high temp, (prolly not the case) low oil pressure (maybe) and as some have said not enough power in the batteries to keep relays open/closed and not recieving the signal from the relays it is running. The list starts, check circut breakers, check fuses, (control box) maybe even a regulator. You can "trick" it into running with taking a jumper from the starter solenoid (power) over to the fuel solenoid. If it runs then something is NOT telling the genset it is producing power... While the Perkins/Kohler is a "good" unit the technology today has come light years past it..We decided to replace our genset with a brand new PowerTech genset and have not regretted it one bit.. I starts runs and will for thousands of hrs. :>) Best of Luck... ScottB 86FC35 SC "glad those days are over" --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rose Mary" > > Hi all, > it's a warm sunny day (42 & rising) today so thought I should fire up > the "White Bird" and genset and bring them up to a good temp. > I have had the coach plugged in to 50 amp and had heat on so nothing > would freeze in the weather we've had. > Bird fired right up and is running smoothly as I write this. The genset > didn't want to start, the reset button was tripped. Pushed it in and it > took off and ran smoothly for about a minute. It doesn't seem to matter > if it is on the gen setting (on the switch by the step) or not. It will > start right up, sound fine for about a minute, then trip off. > The water, and oil are fine. It doesn't seem to move the needles on the > galley monitor when it is running and I hurry in to check, after > turning it to the gen position.... > When it is on the 50 amp shore the needles are fine. > Thanks for you help, I'll be looking in archives. Mom & I were hoping > to go on a jaunt week after next....grrr... > Rose Mary > 82 FC 33 > |
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