Longtime listener, first time caller and RV newbie.
We bought this 92 Mallard Sprinter A Class RV in the spring for some summer fun, we ended up putting some work into it and have yet to take it out dry camping. Tonight I opened up the generator bay because the guy I bought it from said it did not work. We have discovered he is very not handy. Anyway, the RV switch on my dash turned over the generator but it just wouldn't stay running, but it sounded super healthy...I know what an engine should sound like...
Anyway, I went out to the Generator bay and opened it up and discovered that the Line breaker switches were both turned on. So I turned them off and started the generator with the switch on the unit. It started immediately and runs beautifully. So I let it run for a while since It had likely been a while since it had been used and then after 20mins or so shut it down. Just to ease my mind, I re-parked the RV and tried starting the generator from the dash again and nothing happened. Went back out to the generator itself and tried the start button....Nothing. Could the batteries have been drained that quickly? Just a week before I had 2 new house batteries installed and a new engine battery as well as a new starter.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. It is now plugged back into shore power (house).
Thanks in advance!
We bought this 92 Mallard Sprinter A Class RV in the spring for some summer fun, we ended up putting some work into it and have yet to take it out dry camping. Tonight I opened up the generator bay because the guy I bought it from said it did not work. We have discovered he is very not handy. Anyway, the RV switch on my dash turned over the generator but it just wouldn't stay running, but it sounded super healthy...I know what an engine should sound like...
Anyway, I went out to the Generator bay and opened it up and discovered that the Line breaker switches were both turned on. So I turned them off and started the generator with the switch on the unit. It started immediately and runs beautifully. So I let it run for a while since It had likely been a while since it had been used and then after 20mins or so shut it down. Just to ease my mind, I re-parked the RV and tried starting the generator from the dash again and nothing happened. Went back out to the generator itself and tried the start button....Nothing. Could the batteries have been drained that quickly? Just a week before I had 2 new house batteries installed and a new engine battery as well as a new starter.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. It is now plugged back into shore power (house).
Thanks in advance!