Cummins / Onan 2800 Microlite change
Just wondering if anyone knows when Cummins quit making the 2800 KV Microlite units used in most class B motor homes. I recently tried to purchase a new one, and they have now been replaced with a 2.8...
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Arizona Kid wrote:
I doubt the redesign was done to save money. The Onan 2800 hasn't been changed in at least 15 to 20 years. In this case they had to do a redesign, for EPA, and I guess other things had to be moved around. Onan has been pretty good about not messing with the size, and I doubt their doing it to force owners of older 2800's to have to purchase a new one.
I understand the new one is Ethanol 10 approved.
Jim, I'm with you, it would be nice to see a nice quiet, compact Onan come out, and hopefully they are working on one.
Maybe the small permanently mounted gen-set is just not cost effective to build, especially with new battery tech, and engine generators getting better all the time.
although a small quiet onan would be nice but as a manufacturer said about the Onan in comparing a honda to an onan-try dumping a bucket of water on the honda and see what happens-the onan not only has to generate power-it has to survive in the elements. try subjecting an honda inverter to the same abuse the onan gets under the van and see how long the honda lasts. an inverter generator may be far more sensitive
