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Gjac
Dec 01, 2015Explorer III
Fla904 wrote:Check your battery with a voltmeter I would not trust the battery lights on the monitor. Post what your voltage reading is here. If you don't want to check each connection for corrosion or tightness back your car up to the genset and jumper the car battery directly to the starter and ground. If it starts the problem is either your battery or the connections from the battery to the genset.Gjac wrote:Fla904 wrote:If it does not crank or turn over when you press the start button. I would first check all the battery connections and make sure the are clean and tight. What is your resting voltage on the battery?
So when I bought my RV the generator would crank right up and work fine, it was serviced and has all new parts on it. I took it home and on the way I stopped at a rest stop and tried cranking it to charge my phone and laptop and it did but ran very slow and then shut off. After that it would turn but not start and then when I got to my destination when I tried to crank it it didn't even turn over. What could this be?? I have a feeling it's something simple but have no idea where to start. I literally have ZERO experience with generators. Batteries are charged and the fuse on the gen looks fine. Any ideas?
Battery's are reading fully charged, my gas tank is full I was aware of that feature,
And like when I push the start button on the generator it self nothing happens, no turn over, no clicking, nothing. Before that it would continually turn over but not run, but was running fine not even a week ago. No idea what the problem is.
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