Generator on for Ac while traveling
I am getting ready to take our first voyage in our new (new to us) Class A. I am wondering should i run the generator and the roof AC while traveling to cool the inside of the coach? What is the nor...
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Grandpere wrote:
That will not be a problem. Because we are stuck with a residential fridge in our 87 Southwind, we have to run the generator to keep it cold. Running the generator will take a toll on your fuel economy though. Ours went from an average of 5.2 to 4.5 MPG, so roughly .7 of a gallon per hour because we drove between 55 and 60 MPH. We encountered no problems with the Onan running while driving, just remember to shut it off when you are fueling.
No reason to run the genset for the fridge alone, when a small economical inverter will do the job, just fine. Pretty easy to install too. I wired one into our OEM model fridge, using it along with other electronics and don't bother with running the fridge on propane when going down the road. Even went a step further with building a simple plug and play circuit for switching it automatically to shore power, when available.
