Can I run my Onan while plugged into shore power?
My new to me 5th wheel has an Onan 5500 generator. Can I exercise the Onan while being plugged into shore power at home?
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Good explanation wa8xym!
Regarding generator excercise, here’s a funny story. Just bought a 2017 camper with a built in Gen set. Orig owner used the camper once only. Generator has 8 hours on it, 2 of which he recalls and believes the dealer ran it during some warranty work in 2018? presumably.
He swore the generator was a LP generator. I could see the pics and knew it wasn’t. But somehow that thing is sucking 4 year old or older gasoline and actually runs! Lol I don’t condone it, more amazed than anything.
For normal situations, if you’re not running non ethanol or better fuel than that, just stabilize what left if it will be sitting for months. Personally I’d pump out all I could, and leave a couple gallons of quality or stabilized at a minimum in it during the off season.
No need to run it weekly or even monthly, depending on your fuel quality.
In the off season, I’d winterize it like any other small engine and fire it up again the next year.
Regarding generator excercise, here’s a funny story. Just bought a 2017 camper with a built in Gen set. Orig owner used the camper once only. Generator has 8 hours on it, 2 of which he recalls and believes the dealer ran it during some warranty work in 2018? presumably.
He swore the generator was a LP generator. I could see the pics and knew it wasn’t. But somehow that thing is sucking 4 year old or older gasoline and actually runs! Lol I don’t condone it, more amazed than anything.
For normal situations, if you’re not running non ethanol or better fuel than that, just stabilize what left if it will be sitting for months. Personally I’d pump out all I could, and leave a couple gallons of quality or stabilized at a minimum in it during the off season.
No need to run it weekly or even monthly, depending on your fuel quality.
In the off season, I’d winterize it like any other small engine and fire it up again the next year.
