Today I went out and fired up the generator and let it run for about 5 minutes and turned on both A/C's, coach was off and shore power unhooked.
Is this amount of fluctuation acceptable?
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Thanks
In my opinion that is OK. I have a digital meter and it may go up and down a volt or two. I am no expert though. More will chime in.
Mark
Looks normal to me.
Ours sometimes fluctuates like that when running both roof airs - other times it is nice and steady. Never really found any reason for the random fluctuation. Fresh filters (air, oil and fuel) didn't make any difference. Doesn't seem to cause any harm, although the variation in rpm does irritate the DW, cuz the generator is located directly under the couch upon which she is usually sitting...
Thanks Brett, I just didn't want to keep running it if that was abnormal and burn something up
Thanks Chuck, it seems to run pretty smooth under load but like butter with no load ^.^d
Our 97 exhibited this more until I changed the fuel lines
Looks good to me,it's the nature of that type of gauge as opposed to a digital.
It may be tune up time. Fluctuations should be minimized to limit any long term damage to electronics. Resistive loads really don't care, but electronics can be squirrely in this regard. Generally speaking, most alternators run more steadily under load than when idling. Depends a lot on the regulator. Have a great day ---- Fritz
Steve... are you loaded..??? ;) hmmmm I mean is the gennie loaded ..???
Both AC's were on,think it was loaded.
The analog meter used in the Powerwatch panel are not the best, get a good VOM, Fluke or Siemens, plug it into an outlet and check
the voltage there.
Yep to the gennie being loaded, both A/C's were blowing good cold air ^.^d
Yes Sir both were on, I didnt have anything else I could turn on as I dont have any water in to so I could run the microwave.
I do have one that I didnt have with me that measures volts and cycles. i put it in the truck today so I will have it next time.