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[Industrial Toys]

Very good point. I suggested to him that if it were me, I would witch the tank to Diesel and forgo the large oil sump, as long oil intervals are not a factor, if cooling was otherwise apporopriate.



There is a 400 watt oil heater, red device,, on the front. The hose is just stuck on a shaft that is sticking out.

 

[grsthegreat]

Very good point. I suggested to him that if it were me, I would witch the tank to Diesel and forgo the large oil sump, as long oil intervals are not a factor, if cooling was otherwise apporopriate.

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There is a 400 watt oil heater, red device,, on the front. The hose is just stuck on a shaft that is sticking out.

that little magnetic oil pimple heater wouldnt heat that much oil ... kinda a waste. I had one on a 1 gallon oil reserve tank....made it a little warm and ran all day in winter.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I never had much luck with those, and they are quite expensive for what they are.

 

[Chilliwack Murray]

Yes, never seen them last more than a year. One of the small standby gen assemblers here used to put them on all their air cooled units to be code compliant but they’d either burn out after a year or get the oil so hot in summer it would turn to molasses.

If you really need an oil heater, you need an immersion heater with a thermostat.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Good to know. I guess adding a two dollar thermostat would double tha already high price. Always a challenge when you have an air cooled motor.

 

[daugen]

relatively cool morning for once so exercising the rv's Onan/Cummins 3600 propane gen.
As always, started up after about two seconds of cranking and runs smoothly. Disconnected campground power,
turned a/c on high and cold and going to run it for about fifteen minutes to warm it up.
Gen only has 5 hours on it...and so far has never been really used.

In about six weeks I'm heading North to Bucks County PA for good, moving back to where I grew up and worked, and will rent a home there.
Will be nice to have rv so if power goes out, I can always use that for a few hours. Sure not going to spend 10k on a whole house generac on a rental home,
but might consider a home interface box/transfer switch and a 7500/9000 Honeywell or Generac. Prospective landlord is very flexible which is nice and I'd only be adding a "feature" to his rental.

generator running smoothly, only vibrates this small (25') motorhome slightly, and relatively quiet in hush box

 

[ultrarunner]

Lots of folks checking generators here in CA this week with expected rolling blackouts due to high demand from days of 100+ weather...

 

[3930dave]

Lots of folks checking generators here in CA this week with expected rolling blackouts due to high demand from days of 100+ weather...

'Highest temperature on Earth' as Death Valley, US hits 54.4C - BBC News

:shocked:

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

relatively cool morning for once so exercising the rv's Onan/Cummins 3600 propane gen.
As always, started up after about two seconds of cranking and runs smoothly. Disconnected campground power,
turned a/c on high and cold and going to run it for about fifteen minutes to warm it up.
Gen only has 5 hours on it...and so far has never been really used.

In about six weeks I'm heading North to Bucks County PA for good, moving back to where I grew up and worked, and will rent a home there.
Will be nice to have rv so if power goes out, I can always use that for a few hours. Sure not going to spend 10k on a whole house generac on a rental home,
but might consider a home interface box/transfer switch and a 7500/9000 Honeywell or Generac. Prospective landlord is very flexible which is nice and I'd only be adding a "feature" to his rental.

generator running smoothly, only vibrates this small (25') motorhome slightly, and relatively quiet in hush box

Sounds like a good plan d.

I think propane is an excellent fit in an RV application. Often those gens get run little or none - using a fuel with essentially zero stability issues and you have on-board already :thumbsup:.

Rgds, D.

 

[downsizingnow48]

In a Home Depot this morning big pile of about 60 Dewalt-labeled 7kw generators. After last year I thought everyone in Northern California would already have a generator but guess not.