A Massive thank you to everyone who has given advice on my generator problems this weekLink Removed
I finally got the bl***y thing going this afternoon.
To cut a very long story short, I printed off everyones advice from here and RVOC and set off to the RV. I patiently went through all the points but still no luck (No voltage at the genny at all). Then went back and tried everything again but still nothing.
I then resorted to my plan "B", hitting the ground with a large stick for 5 minutes in the style of Basil Fawlty, while shouting all manner of profanitiesLink Removed
Incredibly, that didn't work either. So before leaving defeated, I went back to the house battery and removed the battery leads one last time to make sure the terminals were spotless. As I was using some wire wool on the positive terminal from the generator, it came away in my hand with a couple of inches of cable.
Not sure how the cable became broke but the outer sleeve must have been holding it in place and I disturbed it when I took off the old batteries.
Got under the RV and removed the whole cable (About 3m), took the lot to a local garage and they made a new one up for £20 and threw in cable ties.
It took me about 20 minutes to fit and the Generator started first timeLink Removed
I finally got the bl***y thing going this afternoon.
To cut a very long story short, I printed off everyones advice from here and RVOC and set off to the RV. I patiently went through all the points but still no luck (No voltage at the genny at all). Then went back and tried everything again but still nothing.
I then resorted to my plan "B", hitting the ground with a large stick for 5 minutes in the style of Basil Fawlty, while shouting all manner of profanitiesLink Removed
Incredibly, that didn't work either. So before leaving defeated, I went back to the house battery and removed the battery leads one last time to make sure the terminals were spotless. As I was using some wire wool on the positive terminal from the generator, it came away in my hand with a couple of inches of cable.
Not sure how the cable became broke but the outer sleeve must have been holding it in place and I disturbed it when I took off the old batteries.
Got under the RV and removed the whole cable (About 3m), took the lot to a local garage and they made a new one up for £20 and threw in cable ties.
It took me about 20 minutes to fit and the Generator started first timeLink Removed