2004 GS Endura Power Cable From Gen to Battery

[audman]

Does anyone know where Gulfstream ran the power cable from the Generator to the battery on a 2004 GS Endura, Model 6340. The generator wouldn't start, so I took the MH to an Authorized Onan shop. They hooked it to Jump Pack. It started and ran fine. The battery and transfer switch were checked next and they both checked out OK. They said the power cable from the gen to battery had to be the problem? Does anyone know if GS ran this cable inside or underneath the MH? Single or in a bundle of other wires? If bundled how do you identify, which one is the generator cable?

Thanks for any help,
Carl

[Mile-High-Endur]

Due to my poor maintenance of the coach battery cable ends the hydraulics ran intermittently. Also the generator was not running and giving a code 27. I put new ends on the cables and both ( hydraulics and generator) are happy now.

Jeff

[ronfisherman]

Have you checked the cables with a volt meter?

[audman]

I forgot to mentioned that I had already checked both ends of the wire at the gen and battery and they are clean and tight. I had also checked the ground wire connection from the gen to MH frame.

What you guys are referring to as the 12V switch is what my dealer calls the battery disconnect switch? Mine is located below and to the left of the oven on the kitchen cabinet wall(built in 2003).

I don't if my unit has the high amp circuit breaker in the compartment with the hydraulic pump? I will check for it. I have four breakers in the first compartment back from the driver's door and I checked them.

Thanks for all the replies,
Carl

[ronfisherman]

All the wiring is under MH. Mine has a high amperage circuit breaker that is near hydraulic pump. It could be tripped. As stated DC switch by entrance door must be on.
On my 6340 the high amp circuit breakers are in second compartment back from drivers door.

[jhlady]

Carl,

Make sure your 12 volt switch is on as well. On mine if the 12 volt switch is off no power goes to the generator and it won't start.

Hope this helps.

John

[DrewE]

Before tracing the wire, I'd suggest checking the two ends you know about (the generator and the battery) and make sure that the terminals are good and tight and the wire is not corroded/broken at those points. There probably is some sort of a fuse or fusible link at the battery end, too, that would be worth checking. As often as not, in my experience, it's the connectors that give trouble.

If the fuse is blown, it would of course be wise to check the wire with a meter to make sure it isn't grounded somewhere before just putting in a new fuse.

And, to answer your question, I don't know where the wire runs, but I would tend to guess underneath by the shortest reasonable path to the battery, both to minimize voltage drop and to minimize the usage and cost of the (comparatively expensive) heavy wire.