onan 5500
With normal maintenance, how many hours should you except from a onan 5500 generator?
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Regarding "Do run the generator several times a year"
Recommended 1/2 hour under 1/2 load every month.
I used the air conditioners in the summer
and space heaters in the winter.
NOTE: I do not recommend using space heaters in a un-modified RV
I had special outlets installed.
Each "Special" had a circuit breaker to itself. 12 ga wire from the breaker box to the outlet.. The outlet was a 15/20 type (T shaped neutral) and wire bent around a screw not stuck in a hole or a punch down connection.
No problems with those
Space heaters on LOW are not a problem (750 watt) but you need 4 of them all on different circuit breakers.
Recommended 1/2 hour under 1/2 load every month.
I used the air conditioners in the summer
and space heaters in the winter.
NOTE: I do not recommend using space heaters in a un-modified RV
I had special outlets installed.
Each "Special" had a circuit breaker to itself. 12 ga wire from the breaker box to the outlet.. The outlet was a 15/20 type (T shaped neutral) and wire bent around a screw not stuck in a hole or a punch down connection.
No problems with those
Space heaters on LOW are not a problem (750 watt) but you need 4 of them all on different circuit breakers.
