onan generator problem. help!
wouldn't you know it? I'm supposed to leave tomorrow afternoon for 3 glorious days on my land in Nacogdoches Texas, and have run into generator problems while doing my pre excursion prep. The genera...
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trvsdad1 wrote:
We were at the Grand Canyon last week and had similar issue. Turns out the propane was a little to cold (temp in high twenties) The propane wouldn't gas up to keep pressure in the line. After a little while she fired off. Batteries were way low from heater on all night. We also were at 6800' elevation. I'm not an expert, but I did here that propane generators can be troublesome at elevation and cold conditions. We started the truck to put some juice in batteries, after about five minutes generator fired off and ran/runs fine. I've never heard of the generator not running/won't start without a load on it. Heck its just a lawnmower type engine with generator components attached.
Most Onan's built since 1989 will start and then shutdown quickly if no load is sensed. This is accomplished by the automatic transfer switch pulling in (or dropping out) and placing a load on the Jenny.
