Emery, that was one of the suggestions given by Duane Simmons. By removing
1,2,3 you can test the unit without the remote. Good call. What a great bunch
of brains we have in this group.
al
> This is just for information purposes. Walter Drew and I were working on his
> Onan a couple of days ago. The inside remote switch wouldn't work at all.
> The switch on the Onan would crank it but not start it. By running a jumper
> from terminal 11 to terminal 9 we could get it to start and run properly at
> the Onan control panel. We substituted my Onan board which we knew ran right
> and still had the same problem. After several minutes of searching we found
> that by disconnecting the three wires from the Onan circuit board that go to
> the remote (terminals 1, 2, 3) we could start it from the Onan without having
> to jumper 11 and 9.
>
> We then checked the three wires going to the remote with an ohmmeter and
> found that number 2, the ground wire, was shorted to the frame or body
> somewhere along its length. We decided to run another wire and after hooking
> it up found we had fixed the problem. It now starts both from the remote and
> from the Onan. The short had the same effect as holding the remote switch in
> the off position.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Santa Fe, NM
1,2,3 you can test the unit without the remote. Good call. What a great bunch
of brains we have in this group.
al
> This is just for information purposes. Walter Drew and I were working on his
> Onan a couple of days ago. The inside remote switch wouldn't work at all.
> The switch on the Onan would crank it but not start it. By running a jumper
> from terminal 11 to terminal 9 we could get it to start and run properly at
> the Onan control panel. We substituted my Onan board which we knew ran right
> and still had the same problem. After several minutes of searching we found
> that by disconnecting the three wires from the Onan circuit board that go to
> the remote (terminals 1, 2, 3) we could start it from the Onan without having
> to jumper 11 and 9.
>
> We then checked the three wires going to the remote with an ohmmeter and
> found that number 2, the ground wire, was shorted to the frame or body
> somewhere along its length. We decided to run another wire and after hooking
> it up found we had fixed the problem. It now starts both from the remote and
> from the Onan. The short had the same effect as holding the remote switch in
> the off position.
>
> Emery Stora
> 77 Kingsley
> Santa Fe, NM
