Generator question
I’m thinking I know the answer but still have to look at the owners manual. Just got back from our first trip. Cummins Onan 5500 gas generator. The trip there was no problem. Generator ran fine the en...
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dodge guy wrote:
I know when I got home the gen was very hot and it hadn't been running for 3 hours! I fact all the compartments were hot! I was surprised at how hot they all got. The generator is on the drivers rear behind the axle. And it pulls in air from the bottom. If overheating ends up being the problem, I'm thinking I may try and make some type of air intake that pulls the sir in from the side.
Always fun learning all the little quirks of a new RV!
On hot days while travelling, you have heat from the road as well as your own MH and a gen encased inside a bin. If there isn't enough air moving around the genny it can overheat. Sitting at a CG you have neither of these 2 forces adding extra heat so it's never usually an issue. The issue has more to do with how the manufacturer mounted it than the gen design itself. As I mentioned before, I went to lowes, got 2 12x6 HVAC return grills (louvered) and cut out a hole in the genny bin door and installed them. Painted to match and it looked factory. Moving down the road it allows for hot air to escape the bin and is replaced with cooler air moving over it. It must have worked because I never had the issue again - and we traveled a lot in the South during hot summer months. I'd send you pics but we sold that MH a few years ago.
Here is similar to what I used.
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