Major short in generator wiring - Pictures
Had a major short and near fire due to the wiring from my generator this past weekend. While on the road we had the gen running with the a/c going. The wife went to use the microwave and when she did ...
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Thank for the replies. That connection is inside of a weather tight junction box and inside of one of the compartments. Like the others said i was just saying had it not been it would have been a fire.
I'm not an electrician so bear with me with my description. The wires could be tinned copper. The main feed comes from my onan 4000 gen, then right into that junction box, and connects to a solid copper wire that runs straight to the transfer switch. All i did to reconnect it was wire nut and electrical tape it back together at this point. Although i did a much better job than was apparently done from the factory. i would like to improve the connection but i am not sure how that should be done.
One thing that did confuse me was there is also another much heavier stranded copper wire that comes from the gen and it looks like it runs toward the battery compartment. i am not really sure though where it goes or its purpose. i can say the wire that burned up looks quite thin to handle all the power to run the entire coach.
The only thing i could think it could be is the thinner wire activates the transfer switch which actually draws the power through the heavier wire. The issue with that theory is why did it burn up when the microwave was turned on. the flow through that wire should be constant if my theory make any sense. anyway like i said i'm not an electrician but i do like to understand how these thing work so when things do break, which seams to happen very frequently, i can fix them myself.
I'm not an electrician so bear with me with my description. The wires could be tinned copper. The main feed comes from my onan 4000 gen, then right into that junction box, and connects to a solid copper wire that runs straight to the transfer switch. All i did to reconnect it was wire nut and electrical tape it back together at this point. Although i did a much better job than was apparently done from the factory. i would like to improve the connection but i am not sure how that should be done.
One thing that did confuse me was there is also another much heavier stranded copper wire that comes from the gen and it looks like it runs toward the battery compartment. i am not really sure though where it goes or its purpose. i can say the wire that burned up looks quite thin to handle all the power to run the entire coach.
The only thing i could think it could be is the thinner wire activates the transfer switch which actually draws the power through the heavier wire. The issue with that theory is why did it burn up when the microwave was turned on. the flow through that wire should be constant if my theory make any sense. anyway like i said i'm not an electrician but i do like to understand how these thing work so when things do break, which seams to happen very frequently, i can fix them myself.
