Tinstar wrote:
You can skip down to "NOW MY QUESTION" if you don't want to mess with reading how this came about. It's kinda long and but if you have comment on it, I'd appreciate it.
I'm on my maiden voyage with our new to us M/H. We've had a M/H for years but this is quite an upgrade from our old Allegro Bus. We're in a Monaco Windsor. We just traveled about a 100 miles to a State Park to check everything out.
Here's how the trip went and problems we've encountered. We got about 50 miles from home and the generator died. It's the Onan quite diesel 7500. I've ran this genset 3 or 4 times since we bought it in April. I let it exercise for a couple of hours. It's super quite and purrs like a kitten. I actually didn't know I lost power until it started getting warmer inside. Anyway, I pulled to the side of the road restarted the genset. It cranked up OK and the A/C came back on. It died again within 30 seconds. I was thinking maybe a low oil shutdown. We only had about 30 more minutes of driving so we just used the dash air and it was plenty cool enough. It was late when we got to the campground so I didn't mess with it at the time. This morning I checked the oil and coolant and they are full. I cranked it back up and it ran for about a minute and died again. The start panel gave me 3 blinks which is "shutdown due to some other abnormal condition". The secondary code was 36 which is "Check fuel level and check air filter". I pulled the air filter and it is new. I have over 1/2 tank of diesel (according to the gauge). I dipped the tank and it shows about the same. OK, maybe the pick-up tube is not far enough down inside and the genset only works on the top half of the tank.
Mine did this same thing and it turned out to be a pin on a plug inside the generator was loose. They had to remove the genny to find it.
Now for a couple of other problems that occurred. After the genset died, the refrigerator tried to switch to propane. It didn't light and showed a fault code of "Sr", which is a fault in the refrigerator controls. That was while we were still driving. After we got to the campground, I plugged in and switched to A/C and it starts working again. This morning I switch to LP and the burner does not light with a fault code of "no FL" which is "burner did not light". I opened the panel and there is no flame and no clicking (from the automatic spark igniter). I'm switched back to A/C now and it's working. I'll clean it and find the problem with the propane when I get back home in a few days.
Also had this issue. never used it on propane for 2 years. When I treid it would not work giving same indications you mention. Turned out that it just took many many tries for propane to work its way up the gas line to the fridge. Hope your problem is this easy.
NOW FOR MY QUESTION:
I've got a Xantrex Freedom 2012 inverter/charger. I've not had an inverter before. The only thing I understand about it is that it takes charge from my batteries and converts it to 120 volt A/C. Why didn't my refrigerator continue working from the inverter? Am I supposed to set something to make it run from the inverter? How can I make the fridge run from the inverter on my trip home IF there is something else wrong with the genset (if it doesn't work after filling the tank)?
Remember, I know nothing about the inverter so please be simple. The display panel says: Invert - Enabled : AC Charge - Enabled : System Mode - Operating : Cascading - Enabled
Sorry for being so long but I thought you might need the background info.
I have two outlets at the back of the fridge accessed from outside. One for the icemaker is on the inverter circuit. The other for the fridge is not. The reason is that the fridge pulls a lot of current from your batteries. That is why it is suppose to work on gas. I plugged mine into the icemaker outlet so while on the road the fridge will work on electric. Just remember that if boondocking because it will run your batteries down quicker. Just make sure inverter is on.
Thanks for any help.
I answered above in bold (I hope.) Hope it helps.
