Generator Hour Meter wiring

[Bill Lampkin]

In the front run bay (frb), there is a wire terminal marked 'Gen Hour Meter' on terminal 4. I imagine that the wire originates at the generator hour meter, and then goes to the frb, then to the gen start rocker switch on the dash. I thought I saw two white wires and one grey or black wire in the frb on terminal 4. If there are three wires, where do these wires go? I can only account for two wires. Reason I am asking is I am replacing the inverter with a pure sine wave inverter and Auto Generator Start module, and the AGS requires a switched hot lead from the hour meter so it knows the generator has started and is running. I know I can just add a wire to terminal 4 and run it to the AGS module, I was hoping that somehow that wire is already near the inverter. The old inverter (Xantrex rv 2512) did not require a seperate AGS or gen sense wire.

[Richard Hicks]

Hey Bill,
I did same upgrade last yr,  I connected in elec bay on a gen terminal.   Can’t remember witch one. I’ll be home today and will double CK where I pulled 12v for run signal

[Mike Shumack]

If you have the Big Boy there is a generator "running" signal to the BIRD module.
On my 2005 PT it is located on the back of little compartment door above the batteries. That's pretty close the Inverter location.

[Bill Lampkin]

Thanks Mike, That's what I was looking for. I'll check the Bird module today. Likeley the wire I'm looking for passes right by the inverter on a frame rail.

[Bill Lampkin]

No joy-went out to the MH today; Bird does have a gen terminal but no wire connected. Term 4 in the frb has two wires, not three, one brown (may come from the generator hr meter) and one white (to dash gen start sw, my guess). So is there a buried gen sense wire somewhere, or does the white wire stop at the dash switch? I'll see if I can check the wires on the back of the switch. Bummer! Maybe time to run a new wire.