Onan Generator Emerald BGE/NHE Spec A-C
First off, if you have not already checked out this awesome website on troubleshooting go here: https://www.flightsystems.com/troubleshoot There, you can find tons of information on gensets for onans. Also, these guys repair a lot of controllers for onan and make replacement boards as well. This will be a short post with some simple things you can check. Most, not all, of technical calls I get are the same exact thing: "When I press the start button, it runs, but when I let go of the button, its turns off" There are many ways this can happen. So Lets think about the "brains" of these gensets. First The controller. The main control board is usually at the switch or attached to the switch in the genset(generator set) . The main function of the board, is to start and stop the genset. Your press the start button, relays close putting either power OR a ground to external things that makes your genset run. Usually the main board is not seeing something it needs to