I am looking at a 2004 Mirada with only 17,500 miles, but nearly 650 hours on the generator. I have a 1997 rv with 37,000 miles on it with fewer hours than this. The rv does not look like it has been lived in, but I figured that if it were driven at an average of 40mph, there would have been 2 hours of generator use for every hour of driving. Does anyone have any speculation on this? Is it something I should be worried about or am I just being a little paranoid?

Possibly used for a lot of tailgating or owned by a company that used it for entertaining or other business uses.

A gas generator should go 5000+ hours so I would not worry about it. 60 hours/year.

It's obvious that the coach was not driven much but used some. Generators like to be used. 650 hours over 11 yrs. is not really that high. Generators can go 1,000's and 1,000's of hours before a rebuild.Diesel genny's can go 10's of thousands of hours before a rebuild (hearsay). Not really sure of a gas genny, but if it's half of the 20,000 hours of a diesel genny for a rebuild, 10,000 hours is a long time away.Good luck,MM.

It may have been used for boondocking or someone was running a business and needed power.

Seems like a reasonable number of hours to me. Better to run the generator than to let it sit. Those numbers wouldn't bother me at all. Also, remember some of us have used our generators at home durng power outages in addition to those who like to boondock.~Rick

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gbopp
Explorer
Jun 14, 2015
650 hours on an 11 year old RV/generator is about 5 hours a month.
I don't see a problem or abuse.
Last week I ran the generator in our 96 Southwind 4 hours just for exercise, with the A/C running.
650 hours wouldn't concern me.
Rick_Jay
Explorer II
Jun 14, 2015
Seems like a reasonable number of hours to me. Better to run the generator than to let it sit. Those numbers wouldn't bother me at all. Also, remember some of us have used our generators at home durng power outages in addition to those who like to boondock.

~Rick
msturtz
Explorer
Jun 14, 2015
It may have been used for boondocking or someone was running a business and needed power.
Mr_Mark1
Explorer
Jun 14, 2015
It's obvious that the coach was not driven much but used some. Generators like to be used. 650 hours over 11 yrs. is not really that high. Generators can go 1,000's and 1,000's of hours before a rebuild.

Diesel genny's can go 10's of thousands of hours before a rebuild (hearsay). Not really sure of a gas genny, but if it's half of the 20,000 hours of a diesel genny for a rebuild, 10,000 hours is a long time away.

Good luck,
MM.
Ivylog
Explorer III
Jun 14, 2015
A gas generator should go 5000+ hours so I would not worry about it. 60 hours/year.
haydoracin
Explorer
Jun 14, 2015
Possibly used for a lot of tailgating or owned by a company that used it for entertaining or other business uses.

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