Onan Backfire - Not A Good Thing
When not traveling I run my Onan 2800 for one hour under a 1500w load every other week. Always, when starting it takes a couple of tries for a few seconds for it to start, drawing up gas from the fuel...
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Makin' Do wrote:
Sam Spade- What would be your reasoning for not running the generator below 40F? How would that be harmful?
Not harmful necessarily but inconvenient and not necessary to keep to any fixed schedule. The gas in the bowl evaporates much slower when it is cold.
If it was going to stay cold for a LONG period, I might run it once......but I would much prefer to wait a couple of weeks to hit a warmer spell.
When cold, it takes longer to get up to operating temp.
It also condenses more water in the exhaust system.
It is also harder to provide a good load, at least for me, since my A/C is about all I have that easily gets it above 50% capacity.
And why do you prefer to visit your unit twice when once would work just fine ??? I don't think any additional benefit will be gained by running it a second hour (per the book) OR by doing it more often.
