1998 Onan MicroLite 4000 Weak SPARK
I have a 1998 Onan MicroLite 4000 Model No: 4.0 KY-FA/26100H that wont start. She turns over, a little hesitant to turn over but does. It has spark but it is very weak, I believe so weak the fuel p...
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heebeha wrote:
Thank you. I think my battery in the truck is going. It sat for a couple years ands was not on a tickle charger. If I put a volt gauge on my truck batter it I see the volts drop slowly, even when the generator is on. Shouldn't the generator recharge my vehicle/ouse batter?
Generally not on its own. In most RV generator installations, the battery to start the generator is the house battery, and the house battery is charged when the generator is running via the usual converter that charges the batteries when on shore power. So far as the generator is concerned, that's just an AC load connected to it.
I gather a few setups have a separate generator starter battery, and presumably they do have some other means of charging that battery, either built into the generator or otherwise. I suppose some could also use the chassis battery to start the generator...there's enough variation in RV wiring for most anything to have been done at some point.
