No Generator Compartment Lock

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2014 Fuzion 301 TH

I find it odd the generator compartment is the only compartment or door on this vehicle that has no locking method; just two thumb screw type latches.

Is that normal to leave one of the most expensive parts unsecured?

Anyone know if anyone makes an aftermarket locking kit?

[Georgew48]

All of the motorhome and both of the toy haulers I have owned have had locks on the generator doors. The only that have not had locks are the propane access doors. They cannot be locked for safety reasons.

[sullivanclan]

Mine has no locks, probably for the many reasons noted earlier.

[TyroneandGladys]

Our oldie but goodie has a lock

[Playtime_II]

Here is one better. I have 6"x6" locking fuel doors on each side of the coach. Yup, the standard CH251 key. HOWEVER, the fuel doors are mounted on a bay door. Yup, the bay door does NOT have a lock as this bay also has the propane tank.

[ctilsie242]

The only time I've heard of an onboard genset being removed was at a storage lot where the thieves had access to some type of forklift, and were able to unbolt and drop generators at night.

You can get security bolts, but there is a good chance, the thief would just trash the thing out of spite.

[enblethen]

Mowermech:
These two suppliers offer latches for Fleetwood
RV designer latches

JR products

[Bumpyroad]

darsben1 wrote:
I have never seen a lock on a Jenny door

same here. it's not like they can just lift it out like a honda 2000. it would be much easier to pop the door lock with a crowbar than to wrestle a built in gen set out.
bumpy

[mowermech]

I rarely lock my basement doors. Mainly because the latches are just cheap plastic, and they break very easily just closing the doors! I tried to find metal latches to replace them, but no joy. A moderately strong thief could put gloves on, grab the lower edge of the door, and yank on it hard enough to break the latches.
I have three or four of those junky things to replace when the weather warms up. Since an exact replacement is not available, that means modifying the doors to fit the new latches. I don't want to have to do that any more often than necessary! I would rather lose some of the "stuff" that I carry around than have to do expensive door and/or body repairs.

[Sandia_Man]

The generator door on our rig which is a toyhauler same as the OP has a lock on it although it's the same lock used on our basement storage doors and would only take a few seconds to defeat. Toyhaulers will inevitably have gas fueled onboard generators since they have onboard fuel stations for their toys, they are hard enough to just perform basic maintenance let alone a thief willing to spend that much time and effort to steal one while RVing.

[jnharley]

Our generator door locks but hey, if they can get that heavy generator out of that compartment, they are really determined.

[fj12ryder]

^^^^^You're just not looking hard enough. 🙂

[darsben1]

I have never seen a lock on a Jenny door

[IAMICHABOD]

As others have said,the locks on a RV compartments are pretty much useless if a thief wants in. And they are pretty much universal ch751 so the keys are easy to get.

If you are worried about it you can get These they are not any more secure but they can be keyed alike and everyone won't have a key to open them.

I replaced all of my compartment locks with them,for some reason I had 3 different keys for them :? Now I just have one key for all of them 🙂

I have thumb locks on the generator,if I have a problem with it,like a fuel leak or fire I don't want to be looking for a key...

[DrewE]

Rarely if ever is there a lock on the generator compartment, as the replies here indicate.

It took me the better part of a day to drop the generator from my motorhome, and I found out once it was down that I should have driven up on a ramp or two for better clearance to pull it out. I suppose it would be a somewhat quicker process if you didn't care about putting it back and were willing to just cut the wires and gas line rather than disconnect them properly; in that case, at least on my motorhome, there would be no need at all to open the compartment door, as everything necessary to drop the generator aside from opening its maintenance door to disconnect stuff is accessible from the underside.

At 170 pounds or so, it's not very easy to steal. Frankly it would be far more lucrative (in terms of value vs time expended) to steal the catalytic converters, and be equally as subtle to those around.