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Requesting help genset breaker location

i accidentally sparked my kubota 10k starter wire and have no power getting to it now.  any help in locating where the breakers are would be much appreciated
Jim Choate

Re: Requesting help genset breaker location

Reply #1 –
No 12v power to starter or no 120 v power?
2014 ih45  (4th Foretravel owned)
 1997 36' U295 Sold in 2020, owned for 19 years
  U240 36' Sold to insurance company after melting in garage fire
    33' Foretravel on Dodge Chassis  Sold very long time ago

Re: Requesting help genset breaker location

Reply #2 –
no 12v to the gen starter.  i have no power to the control box.  it was working fine until i grounded the gen starter wire.  my guess is there's a fuse or breaker tripped but not sure where to look
Jim Choate

Re: Requesting help genset breaker location

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any ideas?
Jim Choate

Re: Requesting help genset breaker location

Reply #4 –
Best guess would be in the breaker box on the end of the bed- good luck!

Len
Len and Deb Speiser
1999 U270 36'
2017 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
You're either on the bus, or you're off the bus!--Ken Kesey
If you're lucky enough to live in a bus, you're lucky enough!

Re: Requesting help genset breaker location

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Quote from: lenspeiser –
Best guess would be in the breaker box on the end of the bed- good luck!

Len

Starter for the genset is 12V, not house 120VAC.

What year coach are we talking about?  (to help figure out if there's a fuse, a resettable 12V breaker)

On a 2003, look at diagram B-2126 in the schematics

Wire B39 goes to the generator starter.

Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

Re: Requesting help genset breaker location

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Generator in a coach I have now is different but in the control box on mine there's 4 fuses I had to remove the cover with screws to get to them
2014 ih45  (4th Foretravel owned)
 1997 36' U295 Sold in 2020, owned for 19 years
  U240 36' Sold to insurance company after melting in garage fire
    33' Foretravel on Dodge Chassis  Sold very long time ago

Re: Requesting help genset breaker location

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Jim, some of the cables have a fuseable link in them, you might do a continuity  test on the cable to see if it is still good
Chris
1999 U 320 DGFE
Build Number 5523
Chris & Elka Lang
In the field, Lonoke AR

Re: Requesting help genset breaker location

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Our coach wiring diagram shows we have an un-fused cable from coach battery positive post directly to generator starter with cable-ID = B39 - 2RD which probably means the cable is red #2 size.

And our Powertech generator wiring diagram shows a starter-mounted integrated solenoid that is activated by a relay in the generator control box. Have you volt-metered the larger cable for voltage? If there is voltage, the problem will be a generator starter control relay. Our diagram shows 3 relays, where one relay has a size 14 brown wire that sends 12 volts to starter solenoid.

Generator uses common relays available at Amazon, etc. How about just replacing relays?

Re: Requesting help genset breaker location

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Check behind the white fiberglass panel held on with 3 wing nuts in one of the bays. Some have like a 90 amp breaker that has a red button in the center that you have to push in to reset.
previous 1984 35 ft ORED 250 HP 3208 Cat       
previous 1998 40 ft U295 CAI 325 hp Cummins
previous 2003 40 Ft u320 build #6140 450 Cummins M11.                                                         
1999 Mazda Miata
Ron, Nancy, Tipper the cat, Max The dog
1997 U 270 36 ft build number 5174 8.3 Cummins

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fixed it.  we had a bad ground.    thanks for the ideas all.    we unfortunately have an issue with our living room slide creep.    it doesn't appear to go all the way in.  is it safe to drive if the top is out about 2 inches?  this is not great news because we are in new braunfels at an RV Park
Jim Choate

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What year coach?  2001 and prior have one slide mechanism, 2002 has another, 2003 and later have yet another.
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320
 

Re: Requesting help genset breaker location

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Quote from: jchoate45 –
fixed it.  we had a bad ground.

Can you be more specific, please?  Where and what was the bad ground connection?
Larry Rubin
2004 U295 38' build 6278
2014 Jeep Cherokee