Captainscall
Member
- Sep 4, 2018
- 53
- Boat Info
- 1988 300 Sundancer
- Engines
- 350 Mercruisers w/Alpha Drives
Spent my first night on the hook in our new to us 88 300DA with an Onan 4kw gen.
First weird thing is that the battery charger/converter trips it’s breaker every time when using the gen and it really pulls the rpm down on the gen. The weird thing is the charger/converter works fine off shore power.
Second weird thing is the gen ran for about 12 hours then randomly shut down. It would barely crank over like the battery was dead. Started both main engines and the gen started up immediately and ran fine the whole way home with the main engines running. I am guessing I have a bad voltage regulator or blown fuse on the generator.
I just wonder if somehow these 2 issues are related? I wouldn’t be so worried about the gen not charging it’s battery if I was able to charge the batteries using the charger/converter. Any ideas?
Thanks!!
First weird thing is that the battery charger/converter trips it’s breaker every time when using the gen and it really pulls the rpm down on the gen. The weird thing is the charger/converter works fine off shore power.
Second weird thing is the gen ran for about 12 hours then randomly shut down. It would barely crank over like the battery was dead. Started both main engines and the gen started up immediately and ran fine the whole way home with the main engines running. I am guessing I have a bad voltage regulator or blown fuse on the generator.
I just wonder if somehow these 2 issues are related? I wouldn’t be so worried about the gen not charging it’s battery if I was able to charge the batteries using the charger/converter. Any ideas?
Thanks!!