Repalcing Onan
I would like to junk the Onan I have and replace with electric start generator. Does any one know what generator I can use in place of Onan?. Thanks.
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DFord wrote:
I pitched hissy fit to Onan about 3 years ago in Chandler, AZ at the rally about not modernizing their line up. I told them the time had come to switch over to inverter technology so I wouldn't need to put up with their constant speed models whose design probably dates back to the 1940 or before. The engineer I spoke with was on board and had me rant in front of his video camera about what I wanted to see and he completely agreed it was time for design changes. I'm still waiting. I can't figure out why no one has challenged Onan's share of the RV market by offering 4000 and 5500 watt inverter type generators.
Somewhat more strangely, in my opinion, is that Onan does in fact have a couple of variable-engine-speed inverter generators in their RV lineup: the QD6000 and QD8000. It doesn't seem like it would be an impossibly enormous task to use that technology in more of their models as well. (That's not to minimize the work required to design a generator or other piece of equipment; R&D does not come for free by any stretch of the imagination.)
