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SHRED
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Feb 18, 2021

Generator breaker keeps shutting off immediately

1995 Lazy Daze. Onan generator. Progressive Dynamics PD4645 converter. There is no power reaching the motorhome from the generator. I tested the leads to the breaker. One read about 170VAC wit...
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MEXICOWANDERER
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Mar 01, 2021
Not definitive. Use 12 volts. A battery, a 0 ohm resistance will induce a substantial spark. No substantial spark no short. Use positive on the slip ring furthest outboard. This induces inherent magnetism.

Opens are common direct shorts are rare. Check 20 M resistance slip ring to generator chassis.

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