Hi Everyone,
We just got a "new to us" 2008 Heartland Toyhauler. This is our first with an onboard generator (onan cummins 5500) so please forgive our ignorance on this stuff. Here is the sequence of events that I am trying to piece together to diagnose the issue and could really use help from more experienced folks out there!!
Took it out for the first time this past weekend. Plugged into shore power Friday night and everything worked fine all weekend, even ran both AC's. On Sunday when we were packing up, I started bringing the slides back in and in the middle of it, heard a long beep and then lights started dimming. It became apparent we were then on battery power. We couldn't figure out why the shore power wasn't working. We cranked up generator but the batteries were too weak to help it start. We plugged into the truck and finally the gen started up. We were then able to bring in slides. What I can't remember is if we were still connected to the truck when we finished bringing in the slides....I assumed the gen was providing power and maybe they camp shut off shore power??? It was late in the day and we just trying to get home. So, once we got it home, I started up the gen, let out the slides and started cleaning. After a while I noticed the lights were not very bright. It became apparent, even though the gen was running, we weren't getting power from the gen. So now, power from shore and gen don't seem to be working. Only power from plug to truck. What are we doing wrong?
On last tidbit. Just went to try to trouble shoot it again. Gen started ok. Let the slides out and just a few minutes later, tried to pull them back in. Gen still was running, but lights were getting dim. When I would let go of slide switch lights got brighter (of course) but seemed to be slowly dimming?? Hit the slide switch again and gen sputtered then quit.
We have a breaker box and fuse box near floor by the fridge. Nothing appeared to be tripped. I checked the fuse for "12v outlet" and that seemed ok. (I haven't checked them all though). I heard there may be fuse on the converter itself but don't know where to find it. Could the transfer switch be a problem? Any way to rule out one or the other? Thanks for your help!
We just got a "new to us" 2008 Heartland Toyhauler. This is our first with an onboard generator (onan cummins 5500) so please forgive our ignorance on this stuff. Here is the sequence of events that I am trying to piece together to diagnose the issue and could really use help from more experienced folks out there!!
Took it out for the first time this past weekend. Plugged into shore power Friday night and everything worked fine all weekend, even ran both AC's. On Sunday when we were packing up, I started bringing the slides back in and in the middle of it, heard a long beep and then lights started dimming. It became apparent we were then on battery power. We couldn't figure out why the shore power wasn't working. We cranked up generator but the batteries were too weak to help it start. We plugged into the truck and finally the gen started up. We were then able to bring in slides. What I can't remember is if we were still connected to the truck when we finished bringing in the slides....I assumed the gen was providing power and maybe they camp shut off shore power??? It was late in the day and we just trying to get home. So, once we got it home, I started up the gen, let out the slides and started cleaning. After a while I noticed the lights were not very bright. It became apparent, even though the gen was running, we weren't getting power from the gen. So now, power from shore and gen don't seem to be working. Only power from plug to truck. What are we doing wrong?
On last tidbit. Just went to try to trouble shoot it again. Gen started ok. Let the slides out and just a few minutes later, tried to pull them back in. Gen still was running, but lights were getting dim. When I would let go of slide switch lights got brighter (of course) but seemed to be slowly dimming?? Hit the slide switch again and gen sputtered then quit.
We have a breaker box and fuse box near floor by the fridge. Nothing appeared to be tripped. I checked the fuse for "12v outlet" and that seemed ok. (I haven't checked them all though). I heard there may be fuse on the converter itself but don't know where to find it. Could the transfer switch be a problem? Any way to rule out one or the other? Thanks for your help!