Exercise the Generator or open your wallet
We've be static for awhile and I failed to exercise the Onan 5.5 Marquis Gold. It would not start. Found a series of excellent You Tubes on RV maintenance by Mr. Don McAdams including one on diagnosin...
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blakduk01 wrote:
Well charged up the and started the gen. ran great as usual. One question though. I read most of the posts here and the posts seem to be concerning gasoline generators(ethanol) predominately. How much of the discussion would be the same for a diesel generator(that's me).
Your diesel genny wants to be operated under load for 2 hours a month per ONAN if memory serves.
Not to exercise the little Kubota 3 cylinder diesel, but to keep the stator free of rust and moisture.
