LP vs Gas vs Diesel Generator
The coach I'm looking at has an LP onan generator. I've always owned gas and diesel gensets. Which leads me to my question. What are the pro's and con's of each fuel type?
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Another pro is LP exhaust is mostly carbon dioxide and water; safer.
We tailgate football games and races and run our genset 40 hours at a time. Have for 15-20 years. Back when many DP's had LP gensets, they grew to hate them; always running out Sunday. Back to back games meant they had to fill the tank during the week. We have gone to FMCA Rallys and folks were running out by the end of the show.
In Florida, you often need to run it to cool the RV while driving in the summer heat.
So it depends how you use your coach. We have taken six week trips up north in the summer and the only time I ran the genset was to excercise it or when we got back to Florida.
There are a few fifth wheels in the RV lot at the football games that use LP and the carry 4-5 30# tanks and swap them in and out all weekend.
We tailgate football games and races and run our genset 40 hours at a time. Have for 15-20 years. Back when many DP's had LP gensets, they grew to hate them; always running out Sunday. Back to back games meant they had to fill the tank during the week. We have gone to FMCA Rallys and folks were running out by the end of the show.
In Florida, you often need to run it to cool the RV while driving in the summer heat.
So it depends how you use your coach. We have taken six week trips up north in the summer and the only time I ran the genset was to excercise it or when we got back to Florida.
There are a few fifth wheels in the RV lot at the football games that use LP and the carry 4-5 30# tanks and swap them in and out all weekend.
