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jcpainter
Explorer
May 18, 2013

Built-in Onan Generator - inverter compatibility

As we were ending our "snow birding" stay in Florida this year, we had Camping World install a Cummins Onan Marquis Gold 5500 generator and a 2000 watt Nature Power pure sine wave inverter/charger. ...
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joebedford
Nomad II
Jun 03, 2013
FWIW on my old rig, when I started my Onan 5500 without any significant load, the clock / display on the microwave would go crazy. If I added more load like an air conditioner or heater, the microwave would behave normally. Obviously something about the no load power being produced by that generator was 'funky'.

I have an Onan 5500 in the current rig - it does not display any 'funky' behavior.

I don't have an inverter - when I want AC power, I run the generator.

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