SuperDutyMan
Western PA.
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I have a 4000w Onan on propane,runs everything,just push the button and instant power,no gas cans,no lugging two red gennys around and hooking up Y cables,simple and easy,I only run mine an hour or so in the morning and evening,when dry camping,have it hooked to a 40lb.,used it a couple weekends and short outage at home,haven't filled bottle yet.
2011 Palomino Sabre 31RETS,5th Wheel,Triple Slide,4000W Onan Genset
2006 Super Duty,XLT, V10, 6 Speed, 4.10, Tow Command, Tow Pkg. 4X4,Dual Exhaust,K&N,Reese 15K,Air Bags
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dezl_dr
Gallipolis, Ohio
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I've had an onan 3600LP for 10 years now. I love it, never worry about old gas or stabilizer.
I'll never wear it out and nobody in a fiver will either, they last 1000's of hours. It might get old and fail but you just don't spend that much time running it.
As for the low temps, I've had problems vaporizing enough propane. If the furnace is running and the generator the tanks will ice over, the pressure drops and the generator dies. Later when they warm up they'll still have propane in them. The full tanks freeze up faster than empty ones. I checked into it and the tank is too small for the flow vs the temp. I have 30# tanks. A 40 would be better, at 20 degrees you might need a 100# for continuous operation..I don't camp is that weather much so it's not an issue very often. I'd buy the propane again in a second.
2000 F-350 SRW, SC, Banks 5 Chip, Pacbrake, Jordan Brake Control, 20K Reese.
Pulling a 1998 35' Challenger FW, double slide, with a Washer/Dryer and Onan Microquiet LP Generator, Prosine 1000.
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luvglass
Milwaukee
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We have an Onan 5500 factory installed and 2 30# propane tanks. We don't use it much, but it's always run fine and it's nice just pressing a button and you have power to run anything.
Pretty quiet also.
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roamy
Santa Fe
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I have the 5500 onan - nice but all of these are thirsty so what is the real reality? At a gallon per hr you ain't going far
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Lantley
Ellicott City, Maryland
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roamy wrote:I have the 5500 onan - nice but all of these are thirsty so what is the real reality? At a gallon per hr you ain't going far
True but not everyone needs to run eight hours a day,5 days straight.
Many only need to run genset 2-3 hours a day.
The advantages of propane being clean results in more reliability.
Propane as a fuel source avoids having to add additional fuel tanks.
Propane has its pros and cons
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northmeck0255
Piedmont area of North Carolina
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We have a factory-installed Onan gas powered generator on our Jayco 321 RLTS, so I don't know why they are telling you it is propane only for factory installed generators.....
2007 F-350 CC SRW
2011 Jayco 321 RLTS Fifth Wheel
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Lantley
Ellicott City, Maryland
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northmeck0255 wrote:We have a factory-installed Onan gas powered generator on our Jayco 321 RLTS, so I don't know why they are telling you it is propane only for factory installed generators.....
I have an Open Range not a Jayco. There policies are obviously different. I did not select my 5'er based on the genset or the type of fuel it required. My only requirement was that it had a built in genset. Fuel source was not critical.
I now actually have the unit and the propane seems to be fine. Time will tell.
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sirdrakejr
Las Vegas, Nevada
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Moved from 5th wheels to Gen'l RVing Issues.
Frank
2011 Palomino Maverick 1000SLLB on a 2004 Dodge Quadcab CTD Ram3500 SRW long bed equipped with Timbren springs, Stable Load bump stops, Rickson 19.5" wheels/"G" range tires and a Helwig "Big Wig" rear anti sway bar.
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