Friday, 14 August 2009

Properly Maintain Your RV Genset and It Should Purr for Many Years

By Frank Froggatt

If you are in the market to purchase an RV generator so that your RV becomes self-contained, and gives you instant electricity, you should be aware that there are three types of generators: a gas generator,a diesel generator, and an Lp or propane generator.

And a lot of instances with a gas generator you might run into problems rather quickly if you don't run it often. It is a good idea to fire up your gas powered generator quite frequently in order to keep the intake and carburetor from gumming up.

It is pretty important to make sure that the generator that you are looking at buying is compatible with the fuel that your RV uses. In most instances your generator will shut down by itself when the fuel tank gets low so it doesn't use up all of the available fuel.

Since like all engines that run off of gas or diesel, your generator is going to give off carbon monoxide so you're going to want to check the exhaust system on a regular basis. If all you have is a portable generator, and you're using it for camping then you need to make sure that the exhaust is facing away from the area that you are camping in.

It is good to know that you can make use of your generator while you are traveling, and in fact it can be even more economical to run things like your air conditioning off of it instead of using your RV's air conditioner.

Do not run a generator in a sleep area or during the night due to the noise and the possible danger of carbon monoxide poisoning.

If you take care of your RV generator, then chances are it will outlast your RV itself, you just need to make sure that you maintain it regularly and run it frequently.You never want to let your generator set for too long because if you do it has the potential to begin developing surging problems which will lead to it breaking down.

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