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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MrWizard wrote:
every Onan, only a dozen or so
i ever looked at the fan 'EXHAUST' was on the bottom
the air intake is on the end of the generator head and on top of the cylinders
air is pulled thru the genset head and over the cly and pushed down and out
now the water cooled diesel models with a radiator have a different design and are even more enclosed, mainly for sound control/deading
Mine is the water cooled diesel model and per the manual the air intake is on the bottom. I have not gone out and looked to confirm that, but the rest of the generator is a sealed metal box and I don't recall seeing air intake anyplace else. Go read the OP's first post and you'll see that what is being talked about here is the diesel models that are mounted in the front of the motorhome. Mine is pretty much exposed to the elements from the road and anything that may splash from the front tires. Most other types of motorhomes have the generator in compartments or at other locations where water isn't likely to splash up onto them from the road.
