Genny Overheats and Shuts Down, How To Fix
My Genny in my motorhome can overheat sometimes and than it shuts down in the hottest part of the day when dry camping here in the west, its the Onan gas 5500 watt genny. Has anyone done anything t...
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timmac wrote:lucky13 wrote:
Ginnys have a high temp switch and a low oil switch.. sound like it is doing what it is supposed to do... These switchs go bad and sometimes need replaced.
Call your mfg and have them send you a new switch, does not cost too much and easy to replace, just screws it and plugs in.
good luck
Yea I might as well and upgrade those while I am at it, but when it does shuts down I go and check the genny and its very hot, even the door is to hot to touch, just not enough air circulation for our South West temps.
I have friends in Vegas and they said it's been consistently over 100 every day. Like 109 or some crazy temp. That's hot for an air cooled gen set sitting in a bin with no air flow, especially under a heavy load like AC's trying to keep up in an an RV.
