1979 Travel Queen ONAN Generator
I have 1979 Travel Queen Class A motor home with a ONAN Generator on it! When i first bought the rig it worked great. I have had it serviced regularly! Last year when i was driving it back home fro...
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MrWizard wrote:
Doug is right
It uses a winding in the generator head to act like a starter, spin the generator armature shaft to slow crank the engine for starting
Has points and ignition coil, no CDI,
Thermal choke, and battery charging to keep the generator start battery charged,
Many of these were wired to the chassis battery when installed, not the RV house batteries,
Since they supplied a charge to keep the battery up, they would charge the engine/chassis battery,
And the RV converter would charge the house batteries
The battery charger was a 1.5 amp. You had DC and AC brushes on the very large Armature. DC brushes are what turned the armature and the engine to start the Genset. Once running the AC brushes supplied the AC current. Doug
