Hello all, just wondering if anyone out there might be able to help me out. Last week while underway I started the Onan generator in our 1989 3888. It ran for a few minutes putting out power and then I realized that the air conditioning stopped working, but the generator was still running and the gauge on the dash was reading 12 volts. When we pulled into port I had a guy come look, and he told me that the generator itself was only producing 16 volts right out of the stator. I proceeded to the next marina and a technician tried to trouble shoot it but was unsuccessful as he could not find a service manual for the 29 year old Onan. He narrowed the problem down to possibly a bad transformer, but said when they go bad it looks burnt and my transformer does not look burnt.
I'm wondering if anybody else has had a problem like this. The Technician said not to throw bad money at bad money as the gen set was already 30 years old and really hard to find parts for. And then if you do it may only be a temporary fix. What bugs me is that its a fresh water boat with a clean bilge and only 300 hours on the genny.
Any help would be great!
I'm wondering if anybody else has had a problem like this. The Technician said not to throw bad money at bad money as the gen set was already 30 years old and really hard to find parts for. And then if you do it may only be a temporary fix. What bugs me is that its a fresh water boat with a clean bilge and only 300 hours on the genny.
Any help would be great!
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