Running generator while driving in the rain
Just had my Onan QS8000 first service. The tech was very good at the Cummins Bridgeway branch. He advised against driving with the gen running in a heavy rain. That it could get water injested into th...
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V10guy wrote:
I can tell you the Utility Company I work for has well over 15,000 Aerial Lift Trucks with Onan 5500s and 7000s...we run them in every known weather condition there is...they're a lifeline...Never heard of a single issue with running it in the rain. To be honest, they're probably ran more in adverse weather than clear sunny days.
The covers we have on those Onans are the same as the 5500 in my MH...and my Onan is in a covered compartment. On our aerial lifts, they're exposed.
Are the generators run while the trucks are driving on the road and are the generators mounted underneath the trucks and exposed to the elements from the road?
