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Squealers
Explorer
Mar 06, 2017

Genset (2016 Tiffin RED PA37) won't start.

Just picked up a new to us Tiffin yesterday. Check out went well. Genset fired up with ease. Drove 7 hours today. Pull into WM. Go to start genset and nothing but light rapid clicks like the battery is dead. Does anyone know if it's a dead battery? I'm assuming it has a separate battery. But not sure.

Coach only has 4K miles and is 7 months old.

Have half a tank of gas.

Any ideas would be great.

Thanks Keith.
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  • Squealers's avatar
    Squealers
    Explorer
    Mar 06, 2017
    newman fulltimer wrote:
    Sounds more like a loose batt cable


    I checked all the cables. All seem strong.
  • Squealers's avatar
    Squealers
    Explorer
    Mar 06, 2017
    Squealers wrote:
    DrewE wrote:
    Most commonly (but not universally) the generator starts from the house battery. Occasionally it's set up to start from the chassis battery. In either case, if the battery is too low you usually can start it by first starting the main engine so the alternator supplies some of the starting power.

    It is a very rare setup for an RV generator to have a dedicated starting battery.


    Thank you, I fired up the coach and still no turning over with the genset.


    Tried the boost. Nada. Will try again.
  • Squealers's avatar
    Squealers
    Explorer
    Mar 06, 2017
    DrewE wrote:
    Most commonly (but not universally) the generator starts from the house battery. Occasionally it's set up to start from the chassis battery. In either case, if the battery is too low you usually can start it by first starting the main engine so the alternator supplies some of the starting power.

    It is a very rare setup for an RV generator to have a dedicated starting battery.


    Thank you, I fired up the coach and still no turning over with the genset.
  • Mandalay_Parr's avatar
    Mandalay_Parr
    Explorer
    Mar 06, 2017
    Use your battery boost which ties both sets of batteries together.
    More likely batteries are shot. I would replace all of them and check all battery connections.
  • DrewE's avatar
    DrewE
    Explorer II
    Mar 06, 2017
    Most commonly (but not universally) the generator starts from the house battery. Occasionally it's set up to start from the chassis battery. In either case, if the battery is too low you usually can start it by first starting the main engine so the alternator supplies some of the starting power.

    It is a very rare setup for an RV generator to have a dedicated starting battery.

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