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Tech Forum => Tech Forum => Topic started by: Anniepoo on April 17, 2011, 10:22:57 AM

Title: generator problem
Post by: Anniepoo on April 17, 2011, 10:22:57 AM
My new 78 clipper's got the 4KW generator.

Worked great for a couple months. Some time in the past 2 weeks it quit.

symptoms:
Was running, I drove to Winters to the ACOC meetup and plugged into shore power.

Now the generator starts normally, but there's no electical. I tested the system by plugging back into shore power, that works, so the problem must be somewhere on the generator side of the 'plug'.

The 3 breakers underneath the aft captains chair on the right side of the aisle (the 'electronic control center') are normal.

Suggestions for further troubleshooting would be appreciated.

Annie
Title: Re: generator problem
Post by: Hank Jourdin on April 20, 2011, 05:18:09 PM
anniepoo,   See if the genset is putting out 120 volts when it runs, if not check the bursh sets, they might be worn out and need replacing Hank Out!
Title: Re: generator problem
Post by: LARRY RAY on April 21, 2011, 01:54:52 PM
When you unplugged the cord from the receptacle to plug into shore power, you unplugged from the generator. The cord feed the inverter /charger. The box it plugs into is the gen feed box. Hope that helps. If that's not the problem, well were back to square one.
Title: Re: generator problem
Post by: Anniepoo on May 01, 2011, 06:26:40 PM
Found the problem.

When I added extra batteries, the fellow who was helping me drilled a hole through the floor, and, it turns out, the feed from the generator to the receptacle.

:)