Genny Overheats and Shuts Down, How To Fix
My Genny in my motorhome can overheat sometimes and than it shuts down in the hottest part of the day when dry camping here in the west, its the Onan gas 5500 watt genny. Has anyone done anything t...
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In reading on line there seemed to be a lot of conversations about the 5.5 KW Onan having over heating issues on some rigs.
We just acquired a new Fleetwood where they put the fresh air intake through the side of the compartment door. All the air being pulled in to cool the generator is being brought in directly from the outside away from the exhause and heat of the engine. Our Onan is a 4 KW single cylinder but something like this might work on the 5.5 KW as well.
Here is the vent from the inside with the compartment door open.
They added a removable flange with rubber seals to stop the intake of any heated air from the engine and exhaust system.
We just acquired a new Fleetwood where they put the fresh air intake through the side of the compartment door. All the air being pulled in to cool the generator is being brought in directly from the outside away from the exhause and heat of the engine. Our Onan is a 4 KW single cylinder but something like this might work on the 5.5 KW as well.
Here is the vent from the inside with the compartment door open.
They added a removable flange with rubber seals to stop the intake of any heated air from the engine and exhaust system.
