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Driving with generator running for roof top A/C [message #255272]

Sun, 13 July 2014 20:54

SteveW

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Greeting from Southern California !!

A recent thread on adding additional dash or engine driven air conditioning makes me wonder...

What's the consensus on driving with the onan and roof A/C running ??

I've done it for short distances - am I asking for trouble ??

Thanks,
Steve W
1973 23'

Steve W 1973 : 23' Southern California

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Re: Driving with generator running for roof top A/C [message #255275 is a reply to message #255272]

Sun, 13 July 2014 21:07

Ken Burton

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Location: Hebron, Indiana

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I do it when ever the heat gets too much for the dash air. On our return from the Pawnee rally my dash air quit and I ran the Onan for hours and hours during the two day trip home.

Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

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Re: [GMCnet] Driving with generator running for roof top A/C [message #255276 is a reply to message #255272]

Sun, 13 July 2014 21:06

kelvin

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Location: Eugene, OR

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It's all I have. Dash air has never worked and from what I've heard,
even with it does it's not great on the early coaches. The duct work is
snapped together and leaks like a sieve.

If it's above 85° and we're driving into the sun, we crank up the roof
air. Ran with it for hours that way. Seems like the Onan would run a
little cooler if you're motoring down the hiway.

Kelvin
'73 23' in Eugene, OR

On 7/13/2014 6:54 PM, Steve Weinstock wrote:
> Greeting from Southern California !!
>
> A recent thread on adding additional dash or engine driven air conditioning makes me wonder...
>
> What's the consensus on driving with the onan and roof A/C running ??
>
> I've done it for short distances - am I asking for trouble ??
>
> Thanks,
> Steve W
> 1973 23'
>
>
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Re: Driving with generator running for roof top A/C [message #255277 is a reply to message #255272]

Sun, 13 July 2014 21:18

WD0AFQ

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Registered: November 2004
Location: Dexter, Mo.

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Looks like you have your answer. Our dash air works great and I use it a lot when just Teri and me in coach. We pull the clear curtain behind us so we cool only the cab. Or, when just driving around town. On long hot trips I often shut off the dash air and fire the Onan. Have run it for 12 hours at a time in hot Arizona and California. I do suggest an automatic fire extinguisher. Cheap money for the secure feeling it gives me.
Dan
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Re: Driving with generator running for roof top A/C [message #255281 is a reply to message #255277]

Sun, 13 July 2014 21:29

Carl S.

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We run our Onan and roof air all the time in the summer. Never had a problem with it. I DO have an automatic fire suppression system on the generator just in case. It is a necessity during the summer here in AZ.

Carl Stouffer '75 ex Palm Beach Tucson, AZ. Chuck Aulgur Reaction Arm Disc Brakes, Quadrabags, 3.70 LSD final drive, Lenzi knuckles/hubs, Dodge Truck 16" X 8" front wheels, Rear American Eagles, Solar battery charging. GMCSJ and GMCMI member

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Re: [GMCnet] Driving with generator running for roof top A/C [message #255289 is a reply to message #255272]

Sun, 13 July 2014 22:18

emerystora

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No. We drove 100 on Saturday and over 150 miles today with it running.

I have in the past ran several hours at a time.

Emery Stora

> On Jul 13, 2014, at 7:54 PM, Steve Weinstock wrote:
>
> Greeting from Southern California !!
>
> A recent thread on adding additional dash or engine driven air conditioning makes me wonder...
>
> What's the consensus on driving with the onan and roof A/C running ??
>
> I've done it for short distances - am I asking for trouble ??
>
> Thanks,
> Steve W
> 1973 23'
>
>
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