generator question on onan

[cody]

I haven't taken the cover off yet, I'm working on loosening up the slideout for the generator, I didn't realize the generator was mounted on a slideout tray until I looked under it and saw the rollers, it hasn't been rolled out since I bought it in the mid 80's so it is pretty well crudded in place, and I haven't gotten to the control box which is behind a crossmember, but now that I know a diagram may be there I'll check it out closer.

[BG6]

Get over to www.smokstak.com and get to the Onan forum.  All kinds of experts there.

What you have is a 240V generator that puts out two legs of 120V, just like your 50 amp shore power plug (I have the same type genset, running on propane, NG or gasoline as needed).  M1 and M3 are the X and Y legs, M2 is Neutral.

All I did was run a cable to the service bay with a 50 amp appliance outlet, and plug the shore power cable to that when I want to use the genset.

[Ncbob]

Buswarrior, my apologies. I try and remember all the Members' first names just as a hobby and this time I goofed.

At 75 the memory banks don't just need charging....they're out to lunch!

As to the, shall we say, unfortunate experience with my sewer hose...I'd allowed myself to leave the orange protective caps which came with the new hose to be in that compartment. At Arcadia that year (you must realize that all this took place a couple of years ago but to many it will remain in their memories as a source for "Gotchas" in my direction. The cap somehow flipped itself back onto the hose and I connected it without being properly observant. I thought the stem in the dump valve had stripped out and oh so many other calamities until I finally discovered that I'm not as in fallable as I'd like to be.

I'll remember the look on Jack Conrads' face when I discovered the problem and corrected.  Those of you who know Jack will understand that he didn't need to say anything but the grin on his face has been etched in my memory ever since.

And while the rest of you still enjoy remembering the incident and enjoying poking me about it I will tell you honestly that there's nothing more humbling than ones own stupidity.

NCbob