Our kids have purchased some property southwest of us. The power is not in yet. If the deal goes through they will live in their TT. How long continuously can the genny be ran. Yes there will be monitoring and maintenance.https://www.championpowerequipment.com/product/100230-7200-watt-dual-fuel-generator/This is the unit they will be using.Thanks for any info.

It will run 24/7, but they will get tired of the racket very quickly. Unless they're doing some welding, or running 3 airs, 7200 watts is way too big.

do the specs for the genny indicate anything about continuous run? if not I'd call the mfg and ask. regardless, I would shut it down at least once every 24-hrs to check oil.

It will not be located next to the TT but in a barn next them. There will be a small bit of separation. But good point.

Generators can ran for weeks! Noise, maintenance, necessity will limit their ranning and shorten their life. Have they considered solar?

Page 19 says check oil every 8 hr and change oil every 50 hr if in hot weather or run hard, every 100 hr with light use.

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Dutch_12078
Explorer III
May 04, 2020
We can run our Onan onboard generator about 6 days (150 hours) between oil changes, but the longest continuous run we've done was about 4 days due to wind storm damage that took out the high voltage power lines on the road to our site.
NRALIFR
Explorer
May 04, 2020
K Charles wrote:
Page 19 says check oil every 8 hr and change oil every 50 hr if in hot weather or run hard, every 100 hr with light use.

Yup, that’s the thing about continuous usage of a small air-cooled engine driven generator. Some of them under extreme conditions you could be changing the oil every 2-3 days. My home standby generator can go 8-9 days running 24x7, and I wouldn’t even want to do that very many times.

:):)
ramyankee
Explorer
May 04, 2020
enblethen wrote:
I would not run it in a barn! It should be outside so it gets clean air. Could make a noise deflector using bales of cheap hay/straw.
I would shut it down, let it cool for a couple hours every day.
Why does it need to run continuously?

They will be living in it. Guessing under light use they could run on batteries for a few hours each day.

Just to add I was a tad apprehensive of a longer continued use. But it is good to get more knowledge on it...

We only used it on two occasions in northeast Cali when the power went out...
enblethen
Nomad
May 04, 2020
I would not run it in a barn! It should be outside so it gets clean air. Could make a noise deflector using bales of cheap hay/straw.
I would shut it down, let it cool for a couple hours every day.
Why does it need to run continuously?
K_Charles
Explorer
May 04, 2020
Page 19 says check oil every 8 hr and change oil every 50 hr if in hot weather or run hard, every 100 hr with light use.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
May 03, 2020
Generators can ran for weeks! Noise, maintenance, necessity will limit their ranning and shorten their life. Have they considered solar?
ramyankee
Explorer
May 03, 2020
It will not be located next to the TT but in a barn next them. There will be a small bit of separation. But good point.
rk911
Explorer
May 03, 2020
do the specs for the genny indicate anything about continuous run? if not I'd call the mfg and ask. regardless, I would shut it down at least once every 24-hrs to check oil.
2oldman
Explorer II
May 03, 2020
It will run 24/7, but they will get tired of the racket very quickly. Unless they're doing some welding, or running 3 airs, 7200 watts is way too big.

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