Converter Causing Generator Surge
I have a 5th wheel with a Progressive Dynamics Inteli-Power Converter. When dry camping we use a Honda 2000 generator to recharge the batteries. Lately when I start the generator in the morning and th...
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64thunderbolt wrote:
put some seafoam in the fuel. Sounds to me like the gen is not liking the load. Running fine when dialed back out of boost confirms this. Carb could be getting gummed up. Seafoam is the best cleaner you can get. Auto Zone, Wally world etc carry it. I have used this stuff for years and saved lots of carbs. Good luck & let us know what it turns out to be.
I'd say this is the most likely issue. But, I would like to submit that is it possible that water got into the generator somewhere it shouldn't have?
My Honda 2K normally works fine with the PD9280 in the RV, even with the fridge on shorepower. I did have an RPM surging issue a while back where the engine RPMs kept fluctuating badly while on the ECO throttle mode. This caused the PD9280's output to fluctuate as well. Turned out that when I'd had the truck in for servicing on that trip, the generator had gotten wet when the truck was washed, and water most likely got somewhere it shouldn't have been. The unit has since dried out and everything works normally.
Just My Thoughts.
Mike
