Onan Generator
A year ago when we purchased our 2005 Northern Lite with Onan generator, I was a bit apprehensive because of negative comments I had read about Onan generators. But we have been quite pleased with the...
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bwlyon wrote:
When we purchased our 2012 Ascent S85R camper back in March, the 2500 watt Propane fired Onan had a measly 2 hours on it! I hit the prime button a few times and it fired right up. We put 30 hours on it over the summer without issue. I will say this though it doesn't take much to lug it down though. In the mornings if we had the electric side of water heater on, the microwave running, and the coffee pot brewing it would almost kill it, so we learned not to use the microwave and coffee maker at the same time. I imagine if we had to choose a gas generator it wouldn't be an Onan, we'd like go with a Honda. We love boon-docking and when you run the gas and electric together on the water heater the water heats up fast and you don't run out of hot water in the shower.
Wait, you’re blaming the Onan for lugging down when you are running a 1400 watt water heater, a 900 watt microwave AND an 800 or so watt coffeemaker at the same time?!!
You need to buy a watt meter and check what you’re doing before wondering why your generator can’t make more power than it says it does.
