Replace old Onan 5000 with box store portable
I have a 1996 Fleetwood Southwind with a non-functioning Onan 5000. It has a fuses B winding, and a burnt up voltage regulator. I know this because, luckily, Inlive with 5 miles of an Cummins/Onan d...
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I think what you could do is replace the ATS with a 50 amp ATS. The 30 Amp, indeed all AT switches I aware of in RVs, switch both the hot and the neutral, so if you're wanting to run 240 Volt in there, with one leg providing the 30 amp, and the other leg routed to the rear A/C, you would want the 50 amp relay, and I'm sure that's possible to do the job.
ATS=Automatic Transfer Switch.
What I'd do, is pull that Onan, and go to Harbor Freight and try to find a 6500 Watt ($600) that would suit my purposes.
Most of the off brand generators are fine and last a long time when you're only using them sporadically. Usually they only need a better muffler to be as quiet as the brand names, but my research showed me that they use standard off the shelf components so that's not much of a chore. Plus you save hundreds.
They do have a gas tank on top, but most users don't mind or can come up with creative fuel adaptations.
ATS=Automatic Transfer Switch.
What I'd do, is pull that Onan, and go to Harbor Freight and try to find a 6500 Watt ($600) that would suit my purposes.
Most of the off brand generators are fine and last a long time when you're only using them sporadically. Usually they only need a better muffler to be as quiet as the brand names, but my research showed me that they use standard off the shelf components so that's not much of a chore. Plus you save hundreds.
They do have a gas tank on top, but most users don't mind or can come up with creative fuel adaptations.
