Hi! My name is Mike. I'm a Master Certified tech here at Lazydays RV Center in Seffner (Tampa), Florida.
I'm going to talk to you about generators today and basic operation and maintenance of them.
When you start your RV generator, either from the outside or from the inside,
the generator will start running, and what it does it power up a transfer switch,
which in turn sends power to the transfer switch inside, which in turn powers up the breakers and then to your appliances.
You have a breaker right here.
So, if you lose power inside with your generator running, the first thing to check and the simple thing, is to make sure that's on
and then check your breakers inside.
So, as long as the generator is operating and it's not surging or trying to shut off or anything like that,
you should be good.
What I'll do now is just kind of run through the basic services of the generator
and what the intervals are when you should service your generator and what to do.
The oil changes, the first oil change should be at 50 hours, and then every 150 hours after that.
As far as the oil filter check,
on this one, you check the oil and fill from the top,
and the oil filter is actually underneath it in a pull-down door.
The coolant is filled and checked right here.
But if you do have a quiet diesel, remember to take this cap off
because you have the main radiator cap is underneath here.
The air filters are also underneath, right beside the oil filter.
The air filter should be changed out at every 500 hours.
And that's really important to keep that filter clean and replace when needed
Because that contributes a lot to the efficiency of the generator and the life of the generator.
These take - the water cooler generators take the same coolant as your car:
the regular, green, antifreeze from Napa,
or anywhere else.
So, you got your hour meter here,
so it's easy to keep track of when you last did your services and when you need to do them again.
Some of the hour meters are on the inside, but I promise there's one there if you keep looking for it.
Sometimes they're hard to find.
Here at Lazydays RV we're a full-service ONAN Honda Generator Dealer and Service Center.
So, we can pretty much repair any RV generator you have
with any problem.
I would not recommend removing any of the main covers on either the diesels or the the gas generators.
The reason being, is that it's really important that they're lined up properly to get proper airflow in the generator to keep it cool.
Also when you're - if you have a gas generator
It's important that any time you run it, you keep the front cover on the generator
It's very important to keep that RV generator running cool.
A lot of people think if it gets warm that they need to take the cover off
But it's important to leave that cover on to get the proper airflow up and around the engine.
Just something to keep in mind.
Also, one more thing I wanted to bring up,
is if you're going to put your coach in storage,
or not use your generator for some time,
if you're going to let your generator sit for more than three weeks or so,
it's important that you run your generator at least one hour every three weeks.
The reason is it will keep your fuel from gumming up,
either in the carburetor or the fuel injectors.
If you do that, go ahead and load that generator up.
Turn the AC on
or something like that,
and let it work that generator
for ten or fifteen minutes.
And then, you should be good for another three weeks to a month.
So that's really important. It will save you a lot of problems in the end.
And again this is Mike with Lazydays RV Center in Seffner (Tampa), Florida
We're a full-service authorized dealer for anything you might want to get repaired
So we'll be here for your when you're ready.