Gary,
It sounds as if you have eliminated a short in the starter wire as your
problem, but you're right, starting the Onan with the plug disconnected
would be a double check on my WAG.
You may want to take a look at the Onan wiring diagram I re-drew years ago
for better clarity/understandability:
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/kh-onan-wiring-170725/p63486-kh-onan-wiring-170725.html
If you look down the right side of that diagram, you'll see Blue (Bu),
Green (Gn), Orange (Or), and Grey (Gy) wire labels. I should have marked
the connector for those 4 wires, because that's the ones you're
disconnecting. As you can see, when that's disconnected, there is no
longer any connection to the Ignition and Fuel Pump except through the NO
contacts of K3. That seems to confirm that those contacts are welded
shut. You might try tapping on its case, or even, as a last resort,
removing its cover to determine whether its points can open.
HTH,
Ken H.
On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 9:50 AM Gary M via Gmclist
wrote:
> Ken,
>
> This unit is a Royale and there are no colored wires going to the control
> panel, all are off white looking. In the operator's manual it shows that the
> #3 terminal is the start wire. I get no reading when testing this wire to
> ground. I do get 15.6 to 19.8 when testing the #1 terminal wire to ground.
>
> If there is a short in the start wire for the remote if I leave the remote
> wires off and start the generator it should turn off with the switch on the
> generator itself, correct?
>
> I do recall that when I bought this unit the PO said he burnt a wire
> behind the starter when he tried welding the starter bracket that had
> broke. That
> bracket and starter bushing have been replaced after I purchased it. The
> wire that he repaired was going to the choke.
> --
> 77 Royale
> 455
> Rear bath, SW Virginia
>
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