| Onan Hour Meter [message #342406] |
Tue, 09 April 2019 18:30  |
Jon payne
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Hi Guys,
The hour meter for the Onan appears to have given up the ghost. I checked and it does have 12VDC going to it and the ground is good. I removed the meter and applied 12VDC directly and still no joy. The meter is sealed up so no easy way get into the insides. I see JimK has one but was looking for a less expensive option. I checked Amazon and there are several options for replacements. Does anyone have a recommendation for an hour meter that is a good replacement?
Thanks!
Jon
Jon Payne
76 Palm Beach
Westfield,IN
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| Re: [GMCnet] Onan Hour Meter [message #342410 is a reply to message #342408] |
Tue, 09 April 2019 20:57  |
Vern Crawford
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Since installing our very robust solar system, we had not used shore power
or the Onan. At the Tallahassee Rally I passed on our Onan to another
GMCer. Since he was replacing the one in his coach, I didn’t remove the
remote start panel with the counter. If I can figure a good coverup for
the hole that would be left, it might be possible to talk me out of that
unused bit of instrumentation...
Hugs,
Vern
On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 8:39 PM D C _Mac_ Macdonald via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Just go to eBay.
>
> D C "Mac" Macdonald
> Amateur Radio K2GKK
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> USAF and FAA, Retired
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> Oklahoma City, OK
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> Subject: [GMCnet] Onan Hour Meter
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> Hi Guys,
>
> The hour meter for the Onan appears to have given up the ghost. I checked
> and it does have 12VDC going to it and the ground is good. I removed the
> meter and applied 12VDC directly and still no joy. The meter is sealed up
> so no easy way get into the insides. I see JimK has one but was looking
> for a less expensive option. I checked Amazon and there are several
> options for replacements. Does anyone have a recommendation for an hour
> meter
> that is a good replacement?
>
> Thanks!
> Jon
> --
> Jon Payne
> 76 Palm Beach
> Westfield, IN
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155 JJ Lane
Center Point, TX 78010
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(830) 928-5550 Lenore's cell
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| Re: [GMCnet] Onan Hour Meter [message #342412 is a reply to message #342406] |
Tue, 09 April 2019 21:37 |
Jim Miller
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On Apr 9, 2019, at 7:30 PM, Jon Payne via Gmclist wrote:
> I see JimK has one but was looking for a less expensive option.
According to his web site’s picture JimK’s item is a Hobbs meter which is the quintessential elapsed time indicator and is the manufacturer of electric clocks and meters that have been used in hundreds of thousands of installations from gensets to automobiles to airplanes over the past 80 years. Hobbs is the “real McCoy”.
Will the ebay/Amazon items work? Most likely. I have one with the mechanical dials that was installed four years ago and it is still working fine. I wanted it to pick up where my defunct OEM meter left off so I hooked it to a 12V wall power supply and let it run for three weeks to accumulate the 450 or so hours that was indicated on the OEM instrument.
—Jim
Jim Miller
1977 Eleganza
1977 Royale
Hamilton, OH
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1977 Eleganza II
1977 Royale
Hamilton, OH
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| Re: [GMCnet] Onan Hour Meter [message #342422 is a reply to message #342412] |
Wed, 10 April 2019 08:59 |
Jon payne
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Thanks guys. I liked what you did Jim to bring the hour meter up to the correct hours. Awesome idea. And agree what you said about the Hobbs brand.
Jon Payne
76 Palm Beach
Westfield,IN
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| Re: Onan Hour Meter [message #342425 is a reply to message #342406] |
Wed, 10 April 2019 11:23 |
Scott Nutter
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We used to have Hobb's meters on our 727's, maintance used them to keep track of the hours on the APU.. they probably cost the company $3000 each just for the FAA number..
Scott Nutter
1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21 final drive, Quad bags, Dave Lenzi super duty mid axle disc brakes, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera installed MSD Atomic EFI
Houston, Texas
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| Re: [GMCnet] Onan Hour Meter [message #342429 is a reply to message #342425] |
Wed, 10 April 2019 13:59 |
Vern Crawford
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I hereby withdraw my offer of removing my meter, as Lenore does not like
the idea of trying to cover the gaping hole with l a five dollar bill, or
even a twenty. I think I’ll re-purpose it instead.
Since the wiring for my now idle hours meter is on the frig wall, adjacent
to the the doorway, beside the remote switch wiring for the maceator, I
could begin track the hours of dealing with $#!t. It already had 26.2
hours on it, which would be pretty close to correct for our 3 years owning
the coach, so no need to use the clever trick to advance it!
Hugs,
Vern
On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 11:26 AM Scott Nutter via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> We used to have Hobb's meters on our 727's, maintance used them to keep
> track of the hours on the APU.. they probably cost the company $3000 each
> just
> for the FAA number..
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> Scott Nutter
> 1978 Royale Center Kitchen, Patterson 455, switch pitch tranny, 3.21 final
> drive, Quad bags, tankless water heater, everything Lenzi. Alex Ferrera
> installed MSD Atomic EFI
> Houston, Texas
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Center Point, TX 78010
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(830) 928-5550 Lenore's cell
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