Generator Malfunction

[truk4u]

Mango - You know where they came from, snif, nif, snif....

Dale - Has to be a cutoff somewhere, a quick call to Marathon should solve your switch location problem.. I may be inside the battery box on the side.

[garyde]

Tom, I think your having phantom itch syndrome. You know, like when you loose a foot.

[dale farley]

I will give Marathon a call on Monday and see what they say. Surely there is a switch somewhere. I have tried duplicating the problem several times, and it hasn't happened again, so maybe it was just because I had let it set too long without starting it.

[truk4u]

Thanks Gary, I thought something was missing!

[Jerry Winchester]

Now Gary, the CrakMan is pretty sensitive since he is cruising around in a POS coach and I dont think it is his foot that's missing, so take it easy on him. And we won't mention the Jeep Liberty.........

[jello_jeep]

Hey Jerry, ya reckon GASTRUKSTER's liberty came with a free Rosie O'donnel tee shirt ?

[dale farley]

As a followup to the problem I had with my generator, I did the following. I removed the cover from my control box, and noticed that one of the relays was almost out of its socket. I verified that this was the relay that controls my fuel pump and hour meter, inspected it and pushed it firmly in the socket. I assumed that this loose connection could have caused the problem thta I was having.

Called Marathon a few minutes ago, and the tech said this is the same relay that controls my preheater for the genereator, and that it might be bad. Once I told him it had been out of the socket by almost 1/4', he said this could easily have been the problem. He said the loose relay could have been causing a ground problem. Since I have not been able to duplicate the fault, I assume the problem is solved.

I did ask the tech if there was a disconnect for the 12V feeding the generator, and he said there was not. If I have the problem again, I will just pull the relay.