Onan 4000 producing 145 AC Volts!
MY 1989 Fleetwood with the Onan 4000 (of that era) have worked flawlessly for over 600 hours. Sometime in the past couple trips the ancient power convertor started making odd noises. I checked ac voltage output while the generator was running with a dvm, and it was producing 145 volts.
Not sure why suddenly this would happen, but things do fall out of calibration or wear out. As I was dry camping in the desert, I adjusted the rpm's down to bring the output back to about 125 volts.
My fear is that the frequency may have correspondingly dropped from 60 Hz with this change.
When I returned home, I ordered a new power convertor to replace the old Magnatek from Progressive--and I've made an appt at the local Cummins (Onan) shop for calibration of the generator.
Just wondering if this is something anyone else has experienced? Do generators have voltage regulators that go out??
Thanks in advance.
Not sure why suddenly this would happen, but things do fall out of calibration or wear out. As I was dry camping in the desert, I adjusted the rpm's down to bring the output back to about 125 volts.
My fear is that the frequency may have correspondingly dropped from 60 Hz with this change.
When I returned home, I ordered a new power convertor to replace the old Magnatek from Progressive--and I've made an appt at the local Cummins (Onan) shop for calibration of the generator.
Just wondering if this is something anyone else has experienced? Do generators have voltage regulators that go out??
Thanks in advance.
