Hello,
Re: 8.5kw onan in 2005 Monaco Knight
I'm able to start the generator while plugged into 50a shore power, but it just clicks and light dims when trying to start with shore power off. The 2 chassis batteries are not very good, but the 4 house batteries are good (6 months old refurbished). Does the generator use the chassis batteries for starting when shore power is off, but use house batteries for starting when plugged into shore power? This is confusing.
Also, I made the mistake of not starting the gen. for 6 months during the hot summer, so now when it does start it revs up then quits. After about 4 or 5 times (restarting & quiting) it runs normal. I have no way to extend the delay time (for generator to send power to coach) so power is being applied to electronics during the reving up & down & quitting. Should I have the carburetor rebuilt? This generator does not slide out of the front, its stationary so not sure how big the job would be to fix. (this has about 200 hrs on it)
Re: 8.5kw onan in 2005 Monaco Knight
I'm able to start the generator while plugged into 50a shore power, but it just clicks and light dims when trying to start with shore power off. The 2 chassis batteries are not very good, but the 4 house batteries are good (6 months old refurbished). Does the generator use the chassis batteries for starting when shore power is off, but use house batteries for starting when plugged into shore power? This is confusing.
Also, I made the mistake of not starting the gen. for 6 months during the hot summer, so now when it does start it revs up then quits. After about 4 or 5 times (restarting & quiting) it runs normal. I have no way to extend the delay time (for generator to send power to coach) so power is being applied to electronics during the reving up & down & quitting. Should I have the carburetor rebuilt? This generator does not slide out of the front, its stationary so not sure how big the job would be to fix. (this has about 200 hrs on it)