Converting Onan from LP to gasoline

[howardwheeler]

I have a Onan 5500 propane generator in my fifth wheel. It eats propane at a prodigious rate. Has anyone converted from LP to gasoline? What I'd actually like to do is make it dual fuel so I could hook up auxiliary gas tanks when I need an extended run. I can handle a few five gallon gasoline tanks but dry camping with only propane simply does last long enough.

[dave17352]

I just bought a truck camper with a propane genny. It is 15 years old and has 26 hours on it. It starts and runs perfectly with no maintenance. You will lose that advantage when you go to gas. That being said I have a gas honda eu3000 that I would take with if going to use the genny for a extended purpose - for days and days at a time. How about bringing along a hundred pound bottle or I have seen permanently installed propane tanks on trucks. Just a thought.

[howardwheeler]

I can't run the generator more than a few hours without it sucking a 30 lbs. cylinder dry.

[mpfireman]

Different set up in the carburetor, thus switching from one fuel type to another is not possible. Oh it is possible i guess, but it might be big $$$ to do it.

[tandkj]

I dont know but I like the "prodigious rate". Guess that means a lot.