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seahunter_1
Explorer
Jun 03, 2014

While tightening battery terminal ,,,SPARKS fly

I was tightening the battery posts on my house batteries , '98 Safari D.P. and my pliers came in contact with the coach frame . Sparks flew and now Onan Generator is dead when pushing the start butto...
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MrWizard
Moderator
Jun 03, 2014
Did you replace any batteries
Chances are you dropped a cable and did not reconnect it

Shorting a cable at the battery should not have involved any fuse or generator connection

A spike on the circuit might cause a disconnect to drop out, but that should reset when you cycle the switch

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