Portable Generator In Place of Onan Built In Generator

805gregg wrote:
Let's see go outside, get the portable out and fill with gas, start it, plug it in go back in side and use it, then when you are done reverse the whole procedure...

More realistically;
Go outside, pull a little handle attached to a rope exactly one time (hey, it's a Honda), go back inside and turn on an MP3 of Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique (it's nice to have background music) and then have a conversation with my wife about the lunch menu... in a normal speaking voice, of course. Flip on the switch for the battery charger and watch as the TriMetric indicates 80A of charge current, marvel at the clarity of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's string section, then turn on the convection/microwave to roast some chicken breasts, quick glance again at the trimetric and notice that the charge current has automatically reduced itself to 15A, Light cooktop to make hot water for tea (I had coffee w/breakfast), take the chicken out of the oven, get the salad & dressing out of the fridge (left-overs from last night) and notice that the charge current is now back up to 65A. Stop to realize that the piccolos are just as amazing as the string section. Get ready to take an afternoon nap, but pause to answer wife's question; "Hey honey, did you leave the generator on?". Realize that the generator IS still running and flip switch inside the camper to turn it off. Marvel in the fact that I had spent just $0.27 on gasoline... and glad that I was able to choose which fuel to use since I happened low on LPG.

I had an Onan once... It was noisy, smelly, unreliable, fuel hungry, expensive, ugh!... There's no way in heaven that I'll ever go back to one!