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Old 03-20-2013, 03:21 PM   #1
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95' Winnebage Vectra Generator stopped now no power at all.

Well, I purchased a 95 Vectra a couple of days ago. It's a 34' 454 with amny options, I do say I love the MH even though its giving me quite a headache. This is my first Class A big toy. The problem comes when I turned the AC on yesterday while i suppose one too many things were already on. The generator suddenly stopped and shut down. I fgured no big deal, I'll reset the breaker and learn my lesson... Well no... I reset the breakers and nothing. Not only will the generator not even crank but nothing will work in the RV at all... Nothing has power... I have read the book and checked all the breakers I know of. Is there a secret breaker somewhere? The generator is a onan 7000. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I did search and found not much on the subject.
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Old 03-20-2013, 03:28 PM   #2
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Check your fuses on your generator. You may also have a problem with the automatic transfer switch. If you keep popping breakers when starting you have a wire that is grounded or touching somewhere it isn't. If some simple looks don't fix then you may have to have it serviced.
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Old 03-20-2013, 03:51 PM   #3
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If you have not already tried, I would try plugging into city power to see if the transfer switch will switch it and give you power. I am no expert by any means and not sure if everyone would agree with this. It is just what I would try.
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If you have not already tried, I would try plugging into city power to see if the transfer switch will switch it and give you power. I am no expert by any means and not sure if everyone would agree with this. It is just what I would try.
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Old 03-20-2013, 04:47 PM   #5
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Thanks for the responses, The dog bone cables that came with the RV look kind of fried a bit so I did plug in for a second and the wire made a noise at the fried cable point so i un plugged and will get a new dog bone before trying again. They look super corroded and melted together so I think its time for new ones. I even found the inverter to see if it had a breaker on it. I could not find one on the unit that was behind some plastic shrouding. the batteries are at 11.82v The power wire at the Gen has zero power to it at all... 0.00v.
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Old 03-20-2013, 10:27 PM   #6
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Worked, thank you guys. Looks like I need to replace the batteries
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Old 03-22-2013, 01:13 AM   #7
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Ok, so today i replaced the batteries with new ones from Costco. I find that my issue gets a little more in depth. I now have power when connected to 30a at my house.... However... I have no power as soon as i disconnect the shore power cable. Also I tried to start my generator and all i hear is a motor running. I first thought it was the starter and that i broke some teeth or something however after reading a bit I suppose that it's the Fuel pump... it sounds like spinning and fast clicking nothing else. Does anyone have an suggestions?
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I would check the negative cable from the batteries to the chassis. Connection could be corroded where hooked to chassis.
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Old 03-22-2013, 01:17 PM   #9
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I would check the negative cable from the batteries to the chassis. Connection could be corroded where hooked to chassis.
checked and cleaned as well as batteries and gen pos and neg cables.
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It seems as if there is a connection between the batteries and the rest of teh rig like a breaker or fuse of some sort that is out?
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Old 03-22-2013, 02:25 PM   #11
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Went outside, tried once again for the afternoon before i gave up and boom it fired... lol now i have a jack stuck up! looks like i have quite a few projects thanks for all the help everyone
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