Obtaining and installing larger Onan generator.

Hmmm. I can't see why you would need a bigger genny even with an electric range. A residential fridge uses less power than an absorption unit. The 7.5 should cover your needs. I second the suggestion for 500 to 800 watts of solar on the roof. You can also add 4 more batterys to the rear compartment. They fit perfectly. Good luck and happy trails.

Both our 7.5 and 10K gens were on slides and both were in the front which helps with load balancing. You'll probably need heavier slides and if you're very lucky the space will be adequate. Due to the weight I'm not sure lowering/raising the unit is practical.

The 7.5 should be adequate for the new refer. But electric range type thinking might put you in the 12K gen league.

Generator does fine, except it needs auto start installed. All electric or at least the refrigerator gave me some question.
The possibility of an electric range or cooking surface and oven was a thought.
When this one needs servicing such as belts, I understand it going to be hard and expensive. Some arrangement of allowing the whole unit to be lowered and simply raised and secured with bolts, pins or what not was a though.

You can run this electric induction range from your 7,500 watt Onan.

http://www.compactappliance.com/SINC1110-Summit-Single-Zone-Built-In-Induction-Cooktop/SINC1110.html?cgid=Kitchen_Electrics-Cooktops-Induction_Cooktops

Hi,

Is your generator not working right, or just thinking that you might need more power to run a electric range or other things in the re-designed all electric coach?

Going to 8 batteries will not significantly increase the need for a larger generator. It might change it from 800 charging watts to about 1,200 watts. But why carry all that weight? Batteries are expensive to move around the country. Each golf cart battery can hold about 1,000 watts and will weigh in around 67 pounds.

If you are changing from gas refrigerator to electric, you might need to increase to about 660 AH capacity, and that will take 6 of the 220 amp hour golf cart batteries (each pair is 220 AH at 12 volts), and you can run a decent 1,000 - 2,000 watt pure sine wave inverter from that, and run the refrigerator as well as other loads.

My suggestion is fill the roof with solar panels, and then not need to recharge during the day at all, and hopefully collect about 200 AH daily from the panels. SunElec.com sells solar panels around $1 per rated watt. If you can fit 5 or 6 solar panels around 100 to 150 watts each on your roof, then you can camp days without needing to run the generator - except while running the rooftop A/C unit(s).

Fred.