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down_home
Explorer II
May 30, 2014

Obtaining and installing larger Onan generator.

Our Revolution is now 9 years old. It appears we will have it for life. It has a 7500 kw Onan diesel generator, in the green case up under the cab area. How difficult is it to change it out for a 10...
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CA_Traveler
Explorer III
Jun 09, 2014
Well a stove top with 4 burners can consume 8KW. Now add 2 ACs to keep the rig cool with 4 burners going. Likely the cook won't be satisfied with using less burners or AC. So you could exceed even the 10K gen.

Plus and this is a big one the 7500 Onan does not have 240V so no electric stove top/range capability.

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