| Re: Irma [message #323796 is a reply to message #323544] |
Tue, 12 September 2017 13:51   |
bobby5832708
Messages: 237
Registered: November 2006
Location: Winter Springs FL
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My Onan 6K got about 3 hours of Hurricane Irma use yesterday.
Timeline:
~0300 - power goes out. I have a 2-GC2 battery and 3000 watt inverter on a small cart that I keep in the garage for short term power outages. I plugged the tv and a lamp into it via long extension cord and continued watching tv and listening to the wind and rain.
~0600 - start the coffeemaker.
~0800 - inverter battery is going low and neighbors are over getting their share of coffee. We need 2 coffeemakers going so we decide to plug in my fridge, tv, freezer, coffeemakers, and neighbors fridge into the GMC. Onan starts up after about 10 seconds of cranking (I forgot to use the 'prime' button to prefill the carb) and runs without missing a beat.
~1100 - power comes back on. God Bless Duke Energy!
So now I can say truthfully that I used the GMC/Onan to produce electricity to run household appliances during a hurricane. In reality it wasn't for very long.
Bob Heller
2017 Winnebago 29VE
Winter Springs FL
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