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[GMCnet] Onan 6k, cranking amps? [message #261181] Sun, 07 September 2014 11:31 Go to next message
Daniel DeLuca is currently offline  Daniel DeLuca   United States
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Hello,

I am about to go get some golf cart batteries for house side of the coach. Do these provide the current to start the onan? I have not had house batteries installed yet, when I energize the 12volt house system and press start on the onan all I get is a click.

Dan
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Re: [GMCnet] Onan 6k, cranking amps? [message #261182 is a reply to message #261181] Sun, 07 September 2014 11:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
lotsofspareparts is currently offline  lotsofspareparts   United States
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Shouldn't take much, I started mine with a lawnmower battery to see if it ran when I bought the coach.

Jared

Jared & Tina Lazaron + 14yr old Daughter..... 77 Eleganza II "Recherché"..... 73 Canyon Lands 230 "Elephant"

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Re: [GMCnet] Onan 6k, cranking amps? [message #261186 is a reply to message #261181] Sun, 07 September 2014 12:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Daniel DeLuca wrote on Sun, 07 September 2014 11:31
Hello,

I am about to go get some golf cart batteries for house side of the coach. Do these provide the current to start the onan? I have not had house batteries installed yet, when I energize the 12volt house system and press start on the onan all I get is a click.

Dan
78 Elegaza II
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Yes on a 78 the house batteries start the onan. No battery, no start. The house system energized from the converter will not do it.

Steve Southworth
1974 Glacier TZE064V100150 (for workin on)
1975 Transmode TZE365V100394 (parts & spares)
Palmyra WI

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Re: [GMCnet] Onan 6k, cranking amps? [message #261190 is a reply to message #261181] Sun, 07 September 2014 13:09 Go to previous message
roy1 is currently offline  roy1   United States
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Golf cart batteries will start it easily where you could run into a problem would be if the batteries were depleted from dry camping. In this case you would need to use the battery boost switch while cranking the Onan. The worst case scenario would be cranking it use boost with the Motorhome engine running.

Roy Keen Minden,NV 76 X Glenbrook

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