Onan Genset low/no power
Good day all! Day 8 of my first cross country trip in my 1994 Tioga Arrow. I have had a wonderful time. Central Iowa to Tucson and back. Return stops; Amarillo, Thunderbird Lake OK, Table Rock Lake...
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The generator has performed very well up until last week when this issue arose. Engine wise, it pops off easily and purrs. I did a cold weather test and it started at zero degrees this winter. (Did I hurt it?)
Here is the info from the tag:
4KYFR26100B
Assuming it is original it is 22 years old with only 350 hours (and I put 100 on it). I exercise it regularily.
Is this repairable or a new genset the norm?
The rig is in fantastic overall condition for a '94 and I do not mind putting $$$ into it.
I intend to keep it for some time. In my research I see new convertors are fairly reasonable and may have that done anyway to get it out of the way.
I just thought of something that happened in the past; a couple of times when leaving to go camping,I was on shore power at home. I started the generator and plugged in. No power. I shut down the generator, plugged in, refired generator and had power. I thought this was a 'quirk' or SOP? So from there on I always had the rig plugged in before starting.
A new genset would not be out of the question as I use it frequently for cool down in the summer on route to campgrounds.
And I hate something not working ;)
Here is the info from the tag:
4KYFR26100B
Assuming it is original it is 22 years old with only 350 hours (and I put 100 on it). I exercise it regularily.
Is this repairable or a new genset the norm?
The rig is in fantastic overall condition for a '94 and I do not mind putting $$$ into it.
I intend to keep it for some time. In my research I see new convertors are fairly reasonable and may have that done anyway to get it out of the way.
I just thought of something that happened in the past; a couple of times when leaving to go camping,I was on shore power at home. I started the generator and plugged in. No power. I shut down the generator, plugged in, refired generator and had power. I thought this was a 'quirk' or SOP? So from there on I always had the rig plugged in before starting.
A new genset would not be out of the question as I use it frequently for cool down in the summer on route to campgrounds.
And I hate something not working ;)
