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05-02-2015, 11:06 AM
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Generator stopped powering RV
Hello All,
It's me again. We are out and had the generator on for about 6 hours yesterday and all went well.
This morning I went to turn it on and it would stop after 1 or 2 minutes.
Then we tried a 3rd time it ran but nothing is on in the motorhome, what should I check?
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05-02-2015, 11:11 AM
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George & Lisa
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Hi there ,check the engine oil level if its down it will trigger the low oil shut off switch.
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05-02-2015, 11:15 AM
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See if the fuses tripped on the generator.
Can you hear the transfer box engaging?
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05-02-2015, 11:25 AM
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Okay, fuses looks good but the oil look really low.
If it's a guardian 6500 watts.
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05-02-2015, 11:25 AM
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What type of oil does it take?
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05-02-2015, 11:27 AM
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George & Lisa
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Top it up and you should be good ,if you unplug the sensor you can run it just to see if thats the problem.
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05-02-2015, 12:19 PM
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Ok going to get some oil and will top it off and let you know.
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05-02-2015, 12:21 PM
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If it is low perhaps it is time for a service, do you know if it has an oil filter?
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05-02-2015, 12:42 PM
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I will have our RV guy to do an overall check on the RV before our big Yellowstone trip.
Not sure Where the filer is!
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05-02-2015, 12:44 PM
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I only use my generator when hunting at it runs about 8 hours a day for 6 days. Even when new it would run low on oil.
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05-02-2015, 02:55 PM
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Got oil, it was bone dry.
Starts right up but still no electricity in the couch???
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05-02-2015, 03:50 PM
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Check main breaker on generator and then auto-transfer switch......
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05-02-2015, 04:34 PM
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Okay breakers good so it looks like my transfer switch may be it.
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05-02-2015, 05:53 PM
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This may be a long shot but are the A/C's turned off?
Also some transfer switches make a "clucking" sound when they try to engage after 30 seconds or so from starting the generator. Do you hear anything like that?
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05-02-2015, 06:16 PM
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All is off. I don't think it makes a clucking noise.
Not sure if they had anything to do with it but when we had the heater on the floor got very very hot this morning, like I said not sure if that has anything to do with it.
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05-02-2015, 06:44 PM
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When you say floor heater are you referring to the propane furnace or is it an electrical 110 volt plug in heater?
If you are not comfortable working with electricity then there is not much else you can do. AND DON'T IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE.
Sometimes there are small fuses inside the transfer switch box but there again you will be next to dangerous high voltage when plugged in to shore power or with the generator running.
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05-02-2015, 06:51 PM
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After thinking about your heater getting very very hot, it could mean your generator is putting out too much voltage. That could also mess up you inverter inside the generator keeping it from generating electricity.
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05-02-2015, 06:55 PM
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Wrapperman the heater works on gas so no load should be on it except for some battery power to run it.
Not too comfortable around electricity so we will wait for the RV guy to take a look at it Monday, unless I could check the fuses now while dry camping.
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05-02-2015, 07:04 PM
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If the generator is NOT running then you can look inside the transfer switch box to see if there are any fuses that went bad. It's worth a shot.
Cheaper than a repair man.
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05-02-2015, 07:44 PM
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I'm with you I would love for us to figure it out.
The generator runs every time. The problem is nothing in the RV comes on.
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