Towing with gen running??
I have read some of you will start the generator an hour before arriving at destinations. Here is my dilemma; I am pulling the Fusion to Lake Havasu City AZ after work tomorrow. It will be 121 deg...
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I manage all equipment at a 54 hole golf resort. I know a little about small air cooled engines. My main concern was the A/C units.
I had ran the A/C off shore power at the house for 24 hours before we hooked up to leave. It was 74 inside and all the furniture and cabinets were cooled down to room temps. I started the genny and ran the front A/C during the 3 hour pull to the campground. The outside temp hit 123 in a couple places as we got close to the destination but was 122 where we camped. The genny ran fine as did the A/C except it was no help at all. The inside temp was 122 as we started setting up camp!! I guess the Fuzion insulation can't handle hiway speed.
Once on shore power again I started both A/C units and they were busy. They ran all night and had the camper down to 78 by 5:00am Thursday morning. Shortly after sunrise the inside temp began climbing at a very fast pace?? I began looking around and found the rear A/C was not cooling. I took the cover off and could see the fans was running as was the compressor. It got over 100 degrees inside that day as one A/C had no chance in this heat.
We packed up and left for home at 1:30am Friday morning and the trip was a total bust. Dealer has a complete new A/C unit ordered and should be here early next week. He said the old one had "lost some oil". I did not notice that when I had the cover off but it was very hot at the time and I was mainly looking at the compressor and fan.
I am very disappointed in the Fuzion's insulation and the fact that an almost brand new A/C failed so early. It prolly doe not have 100 hours on that rear A/C unit.
Our next trip with this camper is two weeks at the Sturgis motorcycle rally in S.D. and we leave in 15 days. I am a little nervous to be going that far from home with a now undependable rig.
So, to answer the original question in this thread. . . . YES, you can run the genny at high temps on the road, , , but it won't help!!!
I manage all equipment at a 54 hole golf resort. I know a little about small air cooled engines. My main concern was the A/C units.
I had ran the A/C off shore power at the house for 24 hours before we hooked up to leave. It was 74 inside and all the furniture and cabinets were cooled down to room temps. I started the genny and ran the front A/C during the 3 hour pull to the campground. The outside temp hit 123 in a couple places as we got close to the destination but was 122 where we camped. The genny ran fine as did the A/C except it was no help at all. The inside temp was 122 as we started setting up camp!! I guess the Fuzion insulation can't handle hiway speed.
Once on shore power again I started both A/C units and they were busy. They ran all night and had the camper down to 78 by 5:00am Thursday morning. Shortly after sunrise the inside temp began climbing at a very fast pace?? I began looking around and found the rear A/C was not cooling. I took the cover off and could see the fans was running as was the compressor. It got over 100 degrees inside that day as one A/C had no chance in this heat.
We packed up and left for home at 1:30am Friday morning and the trip was a total bust. Dealer has a complete new A/C unit ordered and should be here early next week. He said the old one had "lost some oil". I did not notice that when I had the cover off but it was very hot at the time and I was mainly looking at the compressor and fan.
I am very disappointed in the Fuzion's insulation and the fact that an almost brand new A/C failed so early. It prolly doe not have 100 hours on that rear A/C unit.
Our next trip with this camper is two weeks at the Sturgis motorcycle rally in S.D. and we leave in 15 days. I am a little nervous to be going that far from home with a now undependable rig.
So, to answer the original question in this thread. . . . YES, you can run the genny at high temps on the road, , , but it won't help!!!
