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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: Jerry Pattison on January 28, 2022, 09:50:22 PM
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I went to the coach (1998 Marquis, C-12, 10KW gen) in storage today for the first time in perhaps 6 weeks, maybe more. (Health and medical insurance issues prevented my from going sooner). My intent was to run the generator to charge the house batteries. I always turn the main battery switches to off when I put it into storage. On arrival today, I turned the switches to ON and primed the generator for about 1 1/2 minutes. I noticed that I could not hear the fuel pump priming the generator. Tried to start the generator, nothing. I held the battery combine switch, still nothing. I went outside and tried to start it with the switch on the generator, still nothing. I was able to start the coach engine just fine. Seems that there is no 12 volts to the generator. I was not dressed appropriately to climb underneath to check the incoming voltage to the generator, but will do that tomorrow when I have more daylight available. Meanwhile, perhaps someone on the forum can tell me if there is a relay or something else that provides the 12 volts to the generator?? Thanks in advance for your help!!
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Jerry,
How cold was it out side and how long did you hold the start button down?
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Fred, the temp was about 50 F, held the start button for about 5 or 10 seconds. Hard to judge that after the fact.
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Tomorrow I am going to crawl underneath and see if some low life cut out the 12 V cables for the copper in them.. >:(
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Jerry,
Sometimes folks forget when it is cold outside, there is a delay before the starter will engage. Did you try the battery boost button? Fred
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Yes, Fred, I did use the battery boost button. Tomorrow I will know if I held the start button long enough. Let us hope so!! Blessings.
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Fred, you are a wealth of knowledge....and, you are appreciated!! The generator started today!! I did need to hold the start button for about 30 seconds, Perhaps more (in hindsight, I wish I had timed it) but it did start. I ran it for about 2 hours to bring the batteries back up. Thanks so much for your input!!