08-01-2015, 05:48 PM
Gang,
This is only a drill. If it had been an actual emergency, I would have called Tom, Steve, Forest, etc. I am posting this under the category: Well, thats a new one (at least to me).
I left Auburn this morning on the way to Newell to get my toasted AC fixed. When I was pulling onto interstate, I hit a bump and my generator just quit. Hmmm. I thought.
Hit the switch to turn the generator back on. It started and I got the Generator light and a couple of minutes later the 120 and 240 lights came on and my house ACs came on. Its HOT in Alabama right now.
A few minutes down the road, the ACs quit again. I looked at lights and all were dark. Except the generator gauges. They were lit up.
Did another restart and again it ran for a minute and quit.
At this point, I had a lot of different indications. The generator light would come one, but the transfer switch would not kick on. Sometimes the generator switch would not light up on start. (Its hard to tell if the generator is running while going down the interstate). So I cannot tell you if it was running or not.
I was debating the actions I should take. 1) I could stop and jam the transfer switch in case it is failing. 2) I could call Newell support 3) I could pull into rest stop and wait till night to continue the trip. 4) I could call Tom since he had a generator problem where it would quit while driving. (If I remember correctly).
As I pulled into the truck stop to get fuel with sweat running down my face, it suddenly dawned on me what the problem was.
Any guesses?
Cheers,
bill
This is only a drill. If it had been an actual emergency, I would have called Tom, Steve, Forest, etc. I am posting this under the category: Well, thats a new one (at least to me).
I left Auburn this morning on the way to Newell to get my toasted AC fixed. When I was pulling onto interstate, I hit a bump and my generator just quit. Hmmm. I thought.
Hit the switch to turn the generator back on. It started and I got the Generator light and a couple of minutes later the 120 and 240 lights came on and my house ACs came on. Its HOT in Alabama right now.
A few minutes down the road, the ACs quit again. I looked at lights and all were dark. Except the generator gauges. They were lit up.
Did another restart and again it ran for a minute and quit.
At this point, I had a lot of different indications. The generator light would come one, but the transfer switch would not kick on. Sometimes the generator switch would not light up on start. (Its hard to tell if the generator is running while going down the interstate). So I cannot tell you if it was running or not.
I was debating the actions I should take. 1) I could stop and jam the transfer switch in case it is failing. 2) I could call Newell support 3) I could pull into rest stop and wait till night to continue the trip. 4) I could call Tom since he had a generator problem where it would quit while driving. (If I remember correctly).
As I pulled into the truck stop to get fuel with sweat running down my face, it suddenly dawned on me what the problem was.
Any guesses?
Cheers,
bill
Bill Johnson
Birmingham, Alabama