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Re: Powertech PT 10 generator

Reply #25 –
Quote from: Andy 2 –
Bruce you might try dick wright up in Oregon he builds Genny's for bus conversions I had one of his in our Eagle .
I'm see if I can contact him. Thanks 👍
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #26 –
Thanks for all the input. It will be a couple of months until I will be where I can look int the generator further. But I am going to start trying to contact some of these folks.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #27 –
Bruce, there's a guy on Foretravel Facebook that's parting out his 98 U320. Would that Benny work for you?
Richard & Betty Bark & Keiko our Golden Doodle
2003 U320T 3820 PBDS
Build # 6215
MC # 16926
2016 Chevrolet Colorado 4X4 diesel

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Reply #28 –
Not Bruce but it would be a simple swap. Use the best engine with the good power head all the wiring and related stuff would be plug and play. Deciding on the radiator and which one to use would be the biggest thing to ponder.

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

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Reply #29 –
Quote from: rbark –
Bruce, there's a guy on Foretravel Facebook that's parting out his 98 U320. Would that Benny work for you?
Here's a couple pics from that FB post
1987 Grand Villa ORED
2001 U320 4010

Not all that wander are lost... but I often am.

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Reply #30 –
I'm real interested where the generator head came from. I did reach out to the seller. Thanks to all who contacted me.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #31 –
Heard back from the seller the price is 4200.00, 1315 hours
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #32 –
So, yesterday thought I would start the dead generator just to run it a bit. Started right up making power ran both airs for 1/2 an hour!!! So now what loose connection somewhere in the generator end?
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #33 –
Bruce,

Did you have the end bearing replace some time back?  If so I would go out on a limb as say that one of the wires on the diode plate has come loose from where it was taken off for bearing replacement. But I would look real close in the crontrol box for a loose wire before taking the end cover off to check the rotor.

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

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Reply #34 –
Been all over the control box a couple of times. Also had it checked out by a PT generator guy. In h next few days going to pull the end cover off see what I can see. Yes I did have the generator end bearing replaced 3 years ago.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #35 –
Bruce,

If it has been that long I would have thought that if one of the screws was going to come loose it would have been shortly after the bearing replacement. With what has happened you have a loose wire the problem is locating it.

Mike
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

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Reply #36 –
Yep, chasing those gremlins 😬
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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Reply #37 –
I found 2 wires that had broken inside the connectors at two different times. I found them
when I was going to change the voltage regulator. I postponed the voltage regulator two
times. So pulling on the wires might be a good idea.
Peter and Frieda Morin
1999 36ft. U320 Foretravel
Build # 5436
1998 Suzuki Sidekick Sport
 

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Reply #38 –
Bruce,
It started out looking like an expensive repair,
Now may just be your labor. Much better.
John Duld
1995 U320C SE 40'