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01-23-2018, 10:07 AM
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PoP, last night watching Charlene do a Facebook Live...
At Tim and Mary's home
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01-23-2018, 01:03 PM
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#73166
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Vintage RV Owners Club
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Hey guys! Loved meeting you all last night! We will definitely do something again where we can all interact more than we did last night, if you're all up for it!
Okay, Allen and I have a question. We took Clora Mae to a repair shop to have them look at the generator. They told us they could fix it, but it would be a rebuild and it would be $2,000. Before we go ahead and spend that two grand, are there any other options that are less expensive? We are open to thinking out of the box so throw ideas our way.
Allen says, just to tell you including a portable generator as an idea.
Thanks, mutants!
Charlene
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RVM#169 | Charlene & Allen | Rig: 1989 Rockwood Prestige 32' Class A, "Clora Mae" | John Deere Chassis/Ford 460 engine.
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01-23-2018, 01:38 PM
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#73167
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
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Location: Rainbow Riding
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RetroGrandma
Hey guys! Loved meeting you all last night! We will definitely do something again where we can all interact more than we did last night, if you're all up for it!
Okay, Allen and I have a question. We took Clora Mae to a repair shop to have them look at the generator. They told us they could fix it, but it would be a rebuild and it would be $2,000. Before we go ahead and spend that two grand, are there any other options that are less expensive? We are open to thinking out of the box so throw ideas our way.
Allen says, just to tell you including a portable generator as an idea.
Thanks, mutants!
Charlene
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What size and brand generator is being replaced?
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2008 Fleetwood Bounder 38F ~ 325 ISB Turbo ~ Freightliner XC 2014 CR-V ~ Invisibrake / Sterling All Terrain
Sioux Falls, SD (FullTime Since Nov 5th 2014)
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01-23-2018, 01:41 PM
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#73168
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Onan 5K. 1989.
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RVM#169 | Charlene & Allen | Rig: 1989 Rockwood Prestige 32' Class A, "Clora Mae" | John Deere Chassis/Ford 460 engine.
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01-23-2018, 01:51 PM
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#73169
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Senior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RetroGrandma
Onan 5K. 1989.
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Hey Ed... what's you're thought. I'm thinking a new 5.5 Onan is about 4k new.
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2008 Fleetwood Bounder 38F ~ 325 ISB Turbo ~ Freightliner XC 2014 CR-V ~ Invisibrake / Sterling All Terrain
Sioux Falls, SD (FullTime Since Nov 5th 2014)
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01-23-2018, 02:01 PM
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#73170
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Senior Member
American Coach Owners Club
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Location: Anyplace Rainbow, USA
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Originally Posted by flaggship1
Hey Ed... what's you're thought. I'm thinking a new 5.5 Onan is about 4k new.
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Most important question.... How are you going to use the motorhome?
Campground to campground you won't need it unless you had to have the roof air running.
My suggestion get a few trips in it before investing that much into generator repairs. Make sure there are not more pressing repairs needed.
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The "Wife" Jackie, and the dog Daisy ( RVM51)
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01-23-2018, 02:05 PM
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#73171
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Senior Member
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rezman
Most important question.... How are you going to use the motorhome?
Campground to campground you won't need it unless you had to have the rooc air running.
My suggestion get a few trips in it before investing that much into generator repairs. Make sure there are not more pressing repairs needed.
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Yep mostly it'll be CG to CG. But Allen uses a cpap and if we needed to boondock, we'd need a way to power that up. Roof air, yeah, that's possible as an issue.
Would a small ish portable generator run those? Or would we do better looking at getting it repaired?
We've got other repairs on the list, yep.
Thanks,
Charlene
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RVM#169 | Charlene & Allen | Rig: 1989 Rockwood Prestige 32' Class A, "Clora Mae" | John Deere Chassis/Ford 460 engine.
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01-23-2018, 02:21 PM
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#73172
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RetroGrandma
Yep mostly it'll be CG to CG. But Allen uses a cpap and if we needed to boondock, we'd need a way to power that up. Roof air, yeah, that's possible as an issue.
Would a small ish portable generator run those? Or would we do better looking at getting it repaired?
We've got other repairs on the list, yep.
Thanks,
Charlene
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Now I know we have others with CPAP solutions!
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2008 Fleetwood Bounder 38F ~ 325 ISB Turbo ~ Freightliner XC 2014 CR-V ~ Invisibrake / Sterling All Terrain
Sioux Falls, SD (FullTime Since Nov 5th 2014)
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01-23-2018, 02:23 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club
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Location: Arkansas
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I'm thinking $2k in a 1989 gen is risky. Find out by using the MH some just how much it's needed. Unless we stop at a WM we seldom start ours. I haven't tried it but I think my inverter would power my cpap overnight.
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01-23-2018, 02:36 PM
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#73174
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Diane & Larry, (RVM64) our Westies LitaBit & QTπ (Diwizi)retired educator,watercolor artist / (Zeelarry)ARMY ret 2023 Thor Vegas 24.1
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01-23-2018, 02:46 PM
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#73175
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01-23-2018, 03:17 PM
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#73176
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Senior Member
American Coach Owners Club
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R U a Mutant
Jackie wants to know... Did Tim behave himself?
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The "Wife" Jackie, and the dog Daisy ( RVM51)
2000 American Eagle ( Jenny), 2013 Jeep Wrangler
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01-23-2018, 03:21 PM
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#73177
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If your batteries are fully charged you can run the CPAP all night and boondocks , but you'll want to recharge the batteries in the morning , so you would run the Genny or the engine.
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2000 Beaver Patriot 425 Thunder 40'
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01-23-2018, 03:27 PM
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#73178
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