Comments on: Troubleshooting – RV Generators – Part 18a

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 04:18:47 +0000

We bought a 1983 Holiday Rambler class A motorhome and all the generator wiring has been torn out! How do we find a wiring schematic so we can rewire it properly? Thank you!

By: richard gould

richard gould — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:19:55 +0000

Hi, I have 1993 dolphin camper with a 2.8 onan micro lite generator, I ran it a couple of day’s ago and everything worked fine,air cond. microwave etc. today I went out and started the generator and nothing work’s,it is not putting out any current, I checked all fuse’s and cuircut breaker’s and found nothing, all work’s well when plugged into the house. what could I be missing, maybe a fuse I can’t find? Thank you so much. Richard.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:04:31 +0000

Hello Jim. You sound like you know your stuff so I have a problem. I have a 1987 4.0 BGE. I bought the motor home a year or so ago and the generator worked fine but, Someone had “HOTWIRED” it somehow. It had been wired to crank and run using a house light switch. The problem was that the starter stayed engaged the whole time the Genset was running. Not knowing this it melted the starter. After that I worked of town for 10 months and when I returned home I replaced the starter. Not knowing how to check anything electrical, I wired it up the same except i wired the starter on a seperate push button. It cranked right up and runs perfect. Now it puts out a whole 3 volts! I have cleaned the slip rings and brushes. No change. I am not electrically inclined but I am mechanically! I checked the voltage at the brushes and it’s about the same 3V. I guess the circuit board is fried but I dont understand why it worked so well before. All that is exactly as it was before I shut it down. It was working great and I shut it down and it would’nt crank. That’s when I found the starter fried.
Now, I touched 12 volts to the brushes. One side, it started putting out 140 volts, the other side no change. It runs everything but the A/C. It seems to put out voltage but no amps. The microwave runs but is very weak. I am checking the voltage in the junction box at the genset and also a couple outlets. It’s the same at all outlets. Can you please help?

By: stefan

stefan — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:56:32 +0000

I would think it would be easier and safer than walking around with a container of gas to just disconnect the output side of the pump and see if you’re pumping fuel.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:43:24 +0000

Do you plan an article on replacing hydraulic hoses on the slideout/jack systems? I have several leaks on my HWH system.