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joebedford
Nomad II
Mar 06, 2023

Overload built-in Onan gen. without popping a breaker?

I was testing my gas-powered Onan 5500 the other day. I was running both air conditioners and the water heater. It seemed to be handling the load well but after 20 minutes, it just stopped - no sputte...
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RLS7201
Explorer II
Mar 08, 2023
I encountered about the same issue with my 7K NHM Onan. It shut down suddenly under heave load. I was running my 2 air conditioners and my neighbor was running his air conditioner off of my generator. My shut down was because the generator over heated.

Richard

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