Exercising your RV while at campsite
Hello. Numerous people on this site say that a RV (class A Diesel) should not sit for a long period of time. How long is long? What if you are at a park and not planning to go out of the park in th...
Forum Discussion
msmith1199 wrote:
There's some advice that's all over the board!!
While this ^^^^ is not helpful ^^^^^, the reality is that you should NOT "exercise" (start) your engine while parked. You need to drive the RV 25+ miles if you plan to start it. If that's not in the plan then there is no reason to start the engine.
It's likely also not necessary to run the genset while parked but if you do then you should load it up to about a 50 percent load and let it run for an hour or so. Unload it, let it cool down for a few minutes and then shut the generator down with no load.
