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Re: [GMCnet] OK, next Onan question [message #322751 is a reply to message #322748] Sun, 27 August 2017 14:27 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
emerystora is currently offline  emerystora   United States
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Jim
I really don't think the regulators were removed by the factory.
My 1977 Kingsley still had it on and so did many other Obama on GMC s that I have removed them from.

Emery Stora

> On Aug 27, 2017, at 12:20 PM, Jim Miller wrote:
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>> On Aug 27, 2017, at 1:29 PM, John Watkins wrote:
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>> You do need the regulator for the Onan.
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> The regulator is not used on coaches that did not have dedicated Onan starting batteries and was removed from these models before they left the factory.
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>> When you are starting the alternator provides power through the regulator to the coil, fuel pump, and fuel valve. When it puts out enough voltage it fires up and stays running
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> The alternator provides the power to the coil of K2 to latch the coil/pump/valve via pin 8 on the control board _only_. The regulator - if used - piggybacks off this same line for its source of AC to charge the starting battery.
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> —Jim
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> Jim Miller
> 1977 Eleganza
> 1977 Royale
> Hamilton, OH
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