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Old 09-27-2006, 02:49 PM   #1
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I just purchased my first Minnie, the oran generator only powers lights, no microwave, heat or a/c. Any suggestions? Don't hesitate to answer as if I was a 5 year old; I feel I am over my head!
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I just purchased my first Minnie, the oran generator only powers lights, no microwave, heat or a/c. Any suggestions? Don't hesitate to answer as if I was a 5 year old; I feel I am over my head!
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Old 09-27-2006, 03:24 PM   #3
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There is a lot of different set ups for gen sets. The lights on your coach should run off the batteries so you are probably not getting any gen power. Check & see if you have an outlet that fits your shore cord & plug it in. had a winnie product set up that way.
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Old 09-27-2006, 04:00 PM   #4
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OK. This isn't as difficult as it might currently sound to you. Let's try some basics:

1. Your shore power cord probably needs to be plugged into an outlet in your electrical compartment. Mine does, too. If the shore power cord isn't plugged in, you will have no 110 volt power.
2. Are you sure the genset is running? It should crank like a car motor does when it starts and you should be able to stand near the exhaust pipe for it (it is much smaller than the tailpipe for your Minnie engine) and hear the exhaust. If you can, we can move to step three. If you cannot hear the exhaust, we have to work on that first.
3. On the genset itself are a few switches. At least one of them is a circuit breaker and there might be two circuit breakers. Shine a flashlight on them and make sure that you can read "on" There is probably a start switch, too. If the genset is running from step 2, leave that alone.
4. Somewhere, you have a house type electrical panel with circuit breakers on it. Mine is in the same electrical compartment as my shore power cord but yours might be either there or somewhere close by. You want to make sure just like your house that all of the circuit breakers are on. You might consider resetting each one, just to make sure. It won't hurt anything.

When you have tried these steps, let us know the answers and we'll try to help you further.

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Mrs Martinez welcome to irv2
As you can see helpful people on irv2. They have covered it pretty well as Charlie said let us know how your making out if we have to help further.
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Old 09-27-2006, 05:05 PM   #6
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Start with checking for circuit breakers on the generator. I believe it should have two and one of them might be tripped. Be sure and go ahead and flip them off and then back on and be firm about it. If that doesn't work, look for breaker box inside unit. Again don't be afraid to flip all the circuit breakers and do it firmly. If still nothing after that, I don't know. Maybe time to call your favorite RV tech! Good Luck!

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Old 09-28-2006, 02:54 AM   #7
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My vote is with the plug in for the shore power cord. Look for it in the cord compartment. My old class Cs were both set up that way.
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Hi Mrs Martinez,My home has a power box in the cord compartment.I just plug the power cord into the box and the genset will then power the 110V in the motorhome. When you get to a park and want the 110V to hook up to the park electric, just un-plug the cord from the power box and plug it into the jack on the pole beside the lot. there should be a electric box on the pole and water and maybe sewer too. Hope this helps and welcome to the forum! Dan
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Old 10-02-2006, 05:55 PM   #9
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The lights are 12v, no genset needed. The furnace should also work without the genset. Just FYI.
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Old 10-03-2006, 03:30 AM   #10
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If your electrical compartment does not have a socket to plug the cord into, you likely have an automatic transfer switch (ATS). Do you have any power when you plug the shore power cord into an external outlet, say in the house or garage? You most likely need an adapter to plug the cord into before you can plug it into a regular home receptacle.

If you have an ATS, it could have failed. If you do not have power when plugged into an external receptacle, it may be the breakers inside your motorhome. There should be one labeled MAIN, and several to supply the branches inside the MH. Cycle these as described above.
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Old 12-19-2006, 08:35 AM   #11
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Check the power cord compartment and plug the AC cord into the receptacle inside the compartment. This is used in place of an auto transfer switch. When you want to use shore power, simply unplug and pull it out of the compartment to plug into shore power source.
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Old 12-21-2006, 04:42 PM   #12
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Mine had a manual transfer switch for generator power. Well hidden under one of the beds. This was on a 1984 Barth, so YMMV. :-)
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