Air Conditioner on the Generator
My neighbor just came home with a 2006 Winnebago Adventurer. The air conditioners work fine on shore power, but will not work at all off the generator. Anyone have an idea of what might be wrong?
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First of all, an Adventurer only has one house air conditioner and it is in the basement right rear compartment. Second, if you neighbor doesn't have a manual, have him go to winnebagoind.com/resources and download the manual. Everything he needs to troubleshoot the electrical system is in that manual.
Now to address what he should do first is determine if his generator is working or not. He should start by turning on on a 120vac appliance and other than the AC. It is also nice to have a non-contact voltage checker. If at this point you or he is lost or wondering what to do next, get on site help.
If you're comfortable doing more, start as recommended earlier in this thread with checking the generatorbreakers, ect.
The Adventurer uses an automatic transfer switch to go from shore power to generator. . If there is 120vac out of generator check the house circuit breakers.
In addition to the owners manual on line, there is a full set of electrical schematics and a very detailed list of almost every single thing used to build the house with the Winnebago part numbers.
With all this in hand, he should have as I mentioned before a non-contact voltage checker, a DMM(digital multi meter) a 12vdc test light with about a six foot cord (two is better, one long cord and one short cord) all these things are available from Harbor Freight Tools and about three million other stores including Lowes, Home Depot and AutoZone and ... Simple hand tools also but you knew that.
If at any time either of you feels nervous about checking circuits, get help from a pro!
Good luck and tell you neighbor I think the Adventurer is a great rig.
Now to address what he should do first is determine if his generator is working or not. He should start by turning on on a 120vac appliance and other than the AC. It is also nice to have a non-contact voltage checker. If at this point you or he is lost or wondering what to do next, get on site help.
If you're comfortable doing more, start as recommended earlier in this thread with checking the generatorbreakers, ect.
The Adventurer uses an automatic transfer switch to go from shore power to generator. . If there is 120vac out of generator check the house circuit breakers.
In addition to the owners manual on line, there is a full set of electrical schematics and a very detailed list of almost every single thing used to build the house with the Winnebago part numbers.
With all this in hand, he should have as I mentioned before a non-contact voltage checker, a DMM(digital multi meter) a 12vdc test light with about a six foot cord (two is better, one long cord and one short cord) all these things are available from Harbor Freight Tools and about three million other stores including Lowes, Home Depot and AutoZone and ... Simple hand tools also but you knew that.
If at any time either of you feels nervous about checking circuits, get help from a pro!
Good luck and tell you neighbor I think the Adventurer is a great rig.
