Onan generator replacement
Greetings all, I just some bad news about the generator in our 87 Southwind. The generator portion of the generator is fried and it will cost over $5000 to fix if they can find all the parts. I am w...
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N-Trouble wrote:
Not true... Put a Onan 5500 next to a Onan 4000 and the difference is night/day. 5500 is MUCH quieter.
Do you mean "put an Onan 5500 out in the open next to an Onan 4000 out in the open" and the difference is night/day?
Or do you mean "put an Onan 5500 as mounted in the typical RV next to an Onan 4000 as mounted in the typical RV" and the difference is night/day?
Today's versions of those two Onans are 4 dBs apart in sound at half-power. Probably not a night and day difference ... but the sound spec for both of them is really too loud. Either one should be installed in an RV properly for their quietest operation. How they're installed in any particular RV probably can make a night and day difference.
