Generator

[grandmapaula]

It's 90 degrees. We stopped for the night. Powered up the generator and turned on the air plus a small fan. The generator ran about 15 minutes and kicked off. No breakers were blown but the in line generator fuse blew. We fixed that & the generator started right up. It ran for just a very few minutes and kicked off again so we are back on the road until it weather cools down or we find a camp site with shore power. We did leave the AC on when restarting the generator. I'm sure that was a mistake. What should we look for tomorrow when we try that generator again? This is a 2011 Lexington with fewer that 100 hours on the generator.


Sent from my iPad using Forest River Forums

[clutchd]

I'd run it the same amount of time with out the ac on. Could be as simple as the breaker is bad. Or the ac could be drawing too many amps

[grumpy0374]

Silly question, but how much gas is in your rig's gas tank. The generators are set to cut off if tank gets down to 1/4 tank or so. Safety precaution so genny dosen't use up all the fuel leaving you stranded.
Grumpy

[grandmapaula]

Thanks. We know that is an issue and had just topped off the tank.

[RickLSmith53]

I fought generator problems for a year and a half! First my local RV repair said it was a bad carburetor. So I had them replace it ($550.00). Got it back and had the same problem, ran 10-15 minutes and choked out. I did some NET research and found if carb has been replaced, it has to be the computer control board. Then I read that "Flight Systems" has a much better than ONAN factory computer board, so I ordered and installed myself. ($350) And what a job. They built the geny around it! Guess what, I still had the problem!!! I was now ready to replace the whole thing. Well Flight Systems has a very good Tech Supt. dept. After working with them they decided it HAD to be a bad fuel pump due to all that had been done so far. Bottom line, my problem from the start was a bad fuel pump! $60 on eBay!!! Only problem was it is located under that computer board they built the generator around!!! I am now pretty good at working in that area with my FINGERTIPS! The good news is, I should have no more generator trobs. One absolute fact with generators is to run them. I run mine every 15 days under load for 15-20 minutes.

[doc73]

What is the wattage of the generator? My parents sunseeker (4000 watt) could barely run the ac plus a few other things before tripping.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk