tatest
Oklahoma
Senior Member
Joined: 05/14/2005
View Profile
 Offline
|
I just discovered something else that will cause this. It think I have a ground fault in one of my AC circuits.
If the breaker for that circuit is closed, the genset detects the fault and shuts off on startup with a "service needed" code, even before building enough voltage to trip the breaker. If I open the breaker to the bad circuit, the genset is fine. So what looks like a generator problem is a house wiring problem.
If I hadn't caught this, I could have thrown a lot of money into diagnosing a generator problem that wasn't there. Instead, I need to dig into the house wiring.
Kill the main breaker, see if the generator still faults. If it runs OK, then the problem may be outside the generator.
Tom Test
Itasca Spirit 29B
2001 Ranger Edge
|
