Onan 3.6kw 120vac generator. [RE-wrenches]

[matthew tritt]

Todd,

Aside from the fact that Onan, under the control of Cummins, has eliminated
most of their great old bulletproof models and replaced them with crappy
little cheap ones, you can buy them  from Northern Supply with "no questions
asked".  This is in lieu of actually buying a REAL generator! ;-)
Lister/Petters are great, Kohlers are acceptable and Industrial grade Onans
(they use Lister/Petter engines by the way) are just fine too. If Diesel is
OK you should consider finding a Deutz set somewhere.

Happy motoring.......

Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Cory, Mt. Shasta Energy Services" <toddcory at finestplanet.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 4:38 PM
Subject: Re: Onan 3.6kw 120vac generator. [RE-wrenches]


> John and list,
>
> I am curious how you got Onan to sell you a generator? I have been working
with
> a local customer that wanted to buy the Onan Emerald ~5 kW unit (propane)
and
> they said they would not sell it to him unless it was going into an RV...
they
> even said they needed to see the RV license and registration info before
they
> would sell it to him to make sure he wasn't just saying it was going in an
RV to
> be able to buy it.
>
> This all surprised the heck out of me! Evidently they (Onan) said it had
> something to do with pollution standards although I didn't know generator
> manufacturers were required to enforce any kind of pollution control on
their
> gear... has anyone else heard about this or encountered a similar thing?
>
> Todd
>
>
> "John Blittersdorf, Cent. VT Solar & Wind" wrote:
>
> >   I just installed an SW4024 system with 8 L16 batteries and an Onan
3.6kw
> > generator.  It will only produce 10-12 amps AC input charging the new
> > batteries.  Anyone know what might be wrong other than the generator has
a
> > weak output (I have seen that before with some cheap junk generators)
Power
> > in is 122VAC and 60 Hz.  It just won't load even at  30 amp AC input and
> > battery charging settings on the Trace.  I thought about switching the
> > transfer switch and getting some loads on in the house to test the
generator
> > directly but we can't come close to 12 amps AC with everything in the
house
> > turned on.  I guess I better start carrying portable electric heaters in
my
> > tool bag for testing purposes!.  Any ideas?
> >
> > John Blittersdorf
> > Central Vermont Solar and WInd
>
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