Anybody Try Installing an Onan Quiet Diesel?

[Andy Coleman]

Hello Dan,

I'm so glad that you responded!

Can you tell me how difficult it was to install? How about hooking up
- were many of the Wanderlodge guages able to work on the onan?

Did you seal off the vent on the generator door?

Most importantly, what is the noise like under the main awning?

Thanks Dan!

Andy

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "dan" wrote:
>
> Andy, Your are right it will fit. I have a Onan 12.5 Quiet Diesel
installed in my 1981 Wanderlodge. The main problem I have had is I
forget to turn it off because it is so quiet.
>
> Dan Williams
> 1981 FCRB
> Jackson, MS
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andy Coleman
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 7:25 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Anybody Try Installing an Onan Quiet
Diesel?
>
>
> Fellow Wanderlodgers,
>
> Has anybody with a pre 87' FC tried installing an Onan Quiet Diesel
> Generator in place of the Perkins?
>
> The dimensions of the 12,500 watt onan seem to allow it to fit into
> the slide out on a pre- 87' FC. Click on
> http://www.onan.com/pdf/rv/a-1483.pdf
>
> As I have posted earlier, the main thing I don't like about my 83' is
> the location of that loud Perkins - it forces you to yell to your
> friend when you are sitting under the main awning.
>
> John Finn modified his FC so that the Perkins radiator exhaust blew
> down to the ground, instead of directly out to were you are sitting.
> He was also able to close up and sound insulate the entire generator
> door. According to John, this reduced the noise alot.
>
> The Onan Quiet Diesel is designed to blow to the ground. Its sound
> rating is 68 decibals at 10 feet.
>
> It also seems to be very fuel efficient. At idle, it uses .1
> gallons/hour. At half load .48 gal/hour. At full load 1.2 gal/hour.
>
> The Perkins seems to have just two speeds. Full throttle or off.
>
> I can't afford a new onan quiet diesel, but I am looking for a
used one.
>
> Is it worth installing? Anybody have any experience with this?
>
> Andy Coleman
> 83' FC35
> Spring Lake Hts., NJ
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