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Kohler 20 EORD Diesel Generator

03/22/2008 12:22 AM

Does anyone have this generator on there truck? Is it the newer model with electronic governor? Have you had any issues?

I recently received my Kohler in November. To start they had sent me the wrong unit. It was the 16.5 EORZD unit at 65.5 amps when they were supposed to send the 20EORD at 83.3 amps. After some replacements parts were sent it was upgraded.

But now I am having an issue after I initially start the unit 1.5 - 2hrs in I get a drop in voltage a split second from 120 to 100 volts this is on the AC side now on the DC side the unit holds at 11 volts but during this glitch as I call it the volts drop as well as the DC Amps internally in the generator . Now this will continue through out the day every 1.5-2 hrs. It is enough of a drop that one of my LNR M2 upconverters that the 24volt power supply failure kicks in.

Kohler agreed to send me another unit but have to wait 8 weeks for them to build it but I found one on a dock in NJ so they agreed to send that one to me. But my generator shop wanted to test it before installing it in my truck and this one has the same issue drops voltage after different time variations but it still does it even on a completely seperate load bank that does not cycle like HVAC systems or transmitters. I am wondering if anyone else has come across this issue?

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Re: Kohler 20 EORD Diesel Generator

03/23/2008 10:14 AM

Seems the fault is definitely in the electronics controlling the voltage. A complete redesign of that circuitry may be required. It is not feasible to diagnose the faulty code and circuitry on this forum or in your truck. Do the smart thing and get another supplier or substitute another voltage regulator system.

A brief story. For several years Ford Motor Corp made 'millions' of 'Dura-Spark III' electronic ignition modules for their cars. They all had a random and infrequent 'error' that would cause 'no-spark' sometimes, left overnite they would 'fix themselves' . My spouse had a 1982 Lincoln Town Car that was so affliceted about twice a year -during the entire 5 year warranty period is was picked up 'no-start' and always worked when dropped at the Dealer service facility. After the warranty period, they wanted to start changing all the ignition related parts at several hundred dollars a pop to try and resolve the still randomly occurring condition. We traded the car in on a reliably starting used Cadillac. A couple of years later I was in Caracas in the garage of the national theater when I saw a fellow motorist with the same model as our former car--hood up. I stopped to try and help. He asked me to watch the disconnected fuel line -gas gushed out -faulty fuel gauge made out of gas a possibility). I suggested we they check the spark-- we found -no-spark. His face smiled, he disconnected the battery cables and touched them backwards for an instant. I was shocked and asked why? He said it was well known in Venezuella the ignition module computer would lock up occasionally and the only way to re-boot it was what he did. It worked!

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