Running A Generator While On The Road

[EagleFixer]

Hi All,
Sorry if this has been asked before but here goes. We just purchased our first toy hauler. It's a KZ Sportsmen Sportster 355TH12 fifth-wheel. This is also our first fifth-wheel. The unit came with an Onan RV QG 4000 EVAP generator. It also has an outside kitchen with a dorm-style refrigerator. I've been wondering how would items in the fridge keep cold while on the road and not connected to shore power. While reading through the genny handbook, in the Q&A section one of the questions is "Is it practical to power the roof air conditioner with my generator while traveling on the road?" and the answer is "Yes, that is what a generator is for, portable electrical power". Am I reading this wrong or does it mean the generator can be operating while the RV is in motion?

Thanks in advance for your replies.
Eagle Fixer

[noteven]

Sam Spade wrote:

GordonThree wrote:
just wanted to point out, the fridge will stay cold for a long time, provided you're not in and out of it too often while I has no power

And the inside fridge should be a dual and propane works well and uses surprisingly little fuel; a LOT less than the gen. will.

I would have no qualms running the gen going down the road......but not JUST for that little fridge. Keep the stuff that needs to stay cold in the inside one until you are at or near your destination.

what Sam Spade said ^. We have run our generator to run the furnace when travelling in cold weather but not to run the fridge in warm weather. We run it on propane.

[Sam_Spade]

GordonThree wrote:
just wanted to point out, the fridge will stay cold for a long time, provided you're not in and out of it too often while I has no power

And the inside fridge should be a dual and propane works well and uses surprisingly little fuel; a LOT less than the gen. will.

I would have no qualms running the gen going down the road......but not JUST for that little fridge. Keep the stuff that needs to stay cold in the inside one until you are at or near your destination.

[GordonThree]

just wanted to point out, the fridge will stay cold for a long time, provided you're not in and out of it too often while I has no power

[2oldman]

I'd do it.

[Ed_Gee]

People with motor homes do this all the time. The fact that you have a fifth wheel instead makes me pause to ponder that .... you cannot monitor the generator operation as closely while towing .... still, there is probably no problem doing that anyway. Others will probably chime in here to that effect, I expect.

[sch911]

Every Class A Motorhome does so why not a TH? Have run the generator for many hours at a time while underway just to power the roof A/C.