Snowfether
Southern Wisconsin
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Would the dry batteries account for the lights flickering too? Seems to me that would be a "yes" huh?
37' 1995 Newmar Kountry Aire
We named her "Lacy Lucy"..."Lucy" for short so as not to confuse with my name. "We (heart) Lucy"
She's been a member of our family just a short time...since 10/31/09
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teb1272
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Also check the voltage coming out of the generator-perhaps too high a voltage to the converter might put out too much voltage on the 12 volt system also. Just plug in a voltmeter or use a multimeter to check the generator output.
When I got mine, the generator hadn't been used much and was putting out 134 volts-the voltage regulator was bad.
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MNtundraRet
Bloomington, MN
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If you had plugged into shore-power and saw the flickering lights then, the converter/charger may have unregulated voltage in the 12v DC circuit.
The generator, if not used very often, may have had the fan-belt slip because the generator portion is sticking from corrosion. This would cause a smell from the belt heating up at the small pully. The sticking generator could cause flickering. Also; I would not rule out a bad voltage regulator on the generator.
Did you check the oil level in the generator before starting it up?
Mark
Mark & Jan "Old age & treachery win over youth & enthusiasm"
2003 Fleetwood Jamboree 29
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tropical36
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Bigburd wrote:WadenCeeJay wrote:Lacy,
I'll never forget the first time the fan kicked on to cool the engine down while we were climbing a particularly tall hill... the look we gave each other was priceless. Here we are in the middle of nowhere, driving a vehicle we know nothing about...
Good times, good times.
I can relate. Ford needs to tell customers about that fan noise, scared the %$*& out of us.
I met this elderly couple that told me they were taken for $4K because of this fan noise, by some shop who told them that their tranny was slipping.
Want to hear something, then you should have heard my old Pace Arrow when the fan started at the same time that the 4 barrel kicked in on it's big block chevy.
You can hear my present one too, but it's quieter, better dog house insulation and no 4 barrel adding to it.
"We are often so caught up in our destination that we forget to appreciate the journey."
1998 36ft. National Tropi-Cal Model 6350, with a tag axle and one slide, on a 1997 P32 Chevy chassis....7.4 Vortec Engine
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