Do you exercise your generator in the winter?
How many of you exercise your generator monthly during the winter? Obviously this only applies to those who have to winterize and store your unit... I bought my first RV right at the end of the se...
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JaxDad wrote:
Ok, as painfully as this is getting, let me make my point one last, and clearly, time.
Lots of companies make generators. Big companies, little companies, old companies and new companies.
Every one of those companies generators share two things; 1) they are powered by an internal combustion engine, and, 2) they have slip rings and contacts and such in the electrical side of them.
I cannot find ANY other company other than Onan that says they need to be 'exercised' on a monthly, or ANY, basis, yet they are remarkably similar in construction, both in regards to the engine and generator.
Am I the only one who thinks this is not because Onan just knows way more than every other manufacturer out there? Hello? McFly?
It is just that, personally, I don't think you know as much about ONAN generators as ONAN does. You can repeat yourself as many times as you wish. The manual says what the manual says. If you wish to dispute the ONAN manual, I suggest you contact ONAN. They are the only ones who can change their recommendations.
Or would you prefer me to say "I am posting the manual again" and give you the link another time? I don't think repeating arguments gives them any greater value.
I do believe that it is time this thread was closed. The OP's question has been answered. It has devolved into some of us quoting the manual, and some of us saying the company does not know what it is talking about.
OH, and for what it is worth, NOT exercising the ONAN will void the warranty.
