Running gen for 10 minutes
Looking at my Onan generator manual, it says i should run it for a minimum of 1/2 hour each time I started it. My wife would like to run it from 5-10 minutes to blow dry her hair. Or, put something i...
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boogie_4wheel wrote:
I would let the wife do it. Run it for the amount of time she needs then shut it off when done. Every once in awhile actually get it up to operating temp to evaporate that condensation buildup.
Lets say you are out on a week long trip. I would actually get that gen up to temp at the end of the trip, or approximately every week.
That pretty much sums it up for us. Although we are equipted with inverters we routinely run for short periods at supper for high current appliances. Having said that we tend to let it run for no less than 15 minutes. If we are in a place where no one would be bothered we also do the same at breakfast. I think if you let it run for an extended period of time once in a while, the short duration wouldn't hurt anything. We are in year 11 of doing this with ours and we are fulltimers.
