Could Low Oil in my Generator Cause This?
Hey all, Dry camping on our way to Sarasota and I fired up the genset (Onan 5500 Gas-50 amp) and it ran everything fine for 3 hours. Was running 1 AC and a few lights. We had a couple flickers an...
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Squealers wrote:
Also interesting is that my hour meter on the dash for the genny is not moving while it's running. Stuck on 115.7 hours.
The hour meter is likely powered by AC from the generator, so no AC means no generator time.
That may be a helpful observation, actually; if you trace back where the hour meter connects to the generator, you know the problem is occurring before that point, which probably exonerates the transfer switch at the minimum.
