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bluerock5
Explorer
Nov 15, 2012

Onan 5500 and Honda 2000...can I run then at the same time?

My Weekend Warrior has an Onan 5500 generator that I only run when I use the microwave or A/C....and the rest of the time I run the economical Honda 2000. When I switch between the two...I unplug the ...
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TRIPLE8
Explorer
Nov 15, 2012
M GO BLUE wrote:
I run our Onan when we want electricity...period...and don't have to fool with anything else

Does not make any sense what most of you are doing...two generators?

You spend a lot of money on your RV and now you are trying to be cheap by running a Honda? To each his own I guess...
Hi, My onan uses about a half gallon of fuel an hour to charge batteries, my honda will run about 9 hours on 1 gallon with the same load.

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