Generator start issue
Went to turn on generator, Onan 4KW, today to run it for a while. Primed it several times then hit start. The first crank of starter motor sounded like a dead/low battery then it sounded normal. Same ...
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Went to turn on generator, Onan 4KW, today to run it for a while. Primed it several times then hit start. The first crank of starter motor sounded like a dead/low battery then it sounded normal. Same thing happened several times since it did not start on first try. What battery is the generator hooked to? Both house and chassis showing good charge voltage (14+V). With no AC battery voltage was about 13V. After running generator for an hour I turned it off waited a few minutes then hit start again. No problem this time. Any ideas??
maybe got a battery going bad seen where voltage with no load reads ok but under load(trying to start gen set) it(battery volts)drops dramatically
