Onan

[wardhillarch]

Is it safe to run the generator ,while parked, in its fully closed position . By this I mean power drawer fully retracted and access hatch closed.
Thanks
--
Jeffrey Fleming
1976 edgemonte
Living in Maine

 

[Jim Hupy]

That is how it is supposed to be used.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon

On Sat, Sep 21, 2019, 3:49 PM Jeffrey Fleming via Gmclist <

> Is it safe to run the generator ,while parked, in its fully closed
> position . By this I mean power drawer fully retracted and access hatch
> closed.
> Thanks
> --
> Jeffrey Fleming
> 1976 edgemonte
> Living in Maine
>
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[emerystora]

Jeffery
It is meant to run with the Onan closed in and the door closed. The design pulls the cooling air in and around the top of the Onan and ejects it at the bottom.
It doesn’t cool as well when it is pulled out as the air doesn’t circulate properly.

Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick CO

>
> Is it safe to run the generator ,while parked, in its fully closed position . By this I mean power drawer fully retracted and access hatch closed.
> Thanks
> --
> Jeffrey Fleming
> 1976 edgemonte
> Living in Maine
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[johnny]

In hot weather, I also set a box fan blowing under the coach from the Onan side to keep the hot exhausted air from rising on the Onan side and going
back into the intake.

--johnny
--
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell

 

[wardhillarch]

Thanks everyone . I assumed as much but wanted to verify
--
Jeffrey Fleming
1976 edgemonte
Living in Maine

 

[les burt]

Another point that few realize is that when running the onan with the drawer pulled out, there is less heat shielding above the muffler, potentially allowing all that heat to affect nearby parts like the starter etc. When the onan is pushed in, the drawer shelf becomes a heat barrier between the muffler and the engine components above it.

Les Burt
Montreal
'75 Eleganza 26'

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> Thanks everyone . I assumed as much but wanted to verify
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> Jeffrey Fleming
> 1976 edgemonte
> Living in Maine
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