Rodbuster
Well-known member
The wife and I decided to purchase a generator for our 2012 Key Largo.
I am looking for your thoughts and ideas on what I need to do. My unit is pre-wired, whatever that means. This is what I know.... I know that the front compartment is boxed in with steel walls and has a square steel frame (about 2 feet square) attached to the floor rising up about 3 or 4 inches from the floor. There is a wire harness with a connector also in this compartment. I also know that there is a generator switch inside the RV in the cabinet where all the other switches are. Well, that's all I know.
What puzzels me is that I have received 3 quotes from 3 different dealerships on what it would cost me to have them purchase and install the generator. The range difference with these quotes is "over" $1600.00. That is not a typo.... $1600.00
I'm telling them all the same thing. Onan 5500 and fueled by propane. Thet all know that the RV is pre-wired.
One dealership was talking about "fuel supply" another dealer was talking about a special exhaust system and yet another dealer was telling me that the exhaust system was built in.
Don't know who to trust.
Another note on the exhaust system. "IF" the exhaust system is built in, wouldn't that make that front compartment get really hot, and wouldn't some of that heat and exhaust find it's way into the bedroom that is directly above it?
Thank you in advance.
Rodbuster
I am looking for your thoughts and ideas on what I need to do. My unit is pre-wired, whatever that means. This is what I know.... I know that the front compartment is boxed in with steel walls and has a square steel frame (about 2 feet square) attached to the floor rising up about 3 or 4 inches from the floor. There is a wire harness with a connector also in this compartment. I also know that there is a generator switch inside the RV in the cabinet where all the other switches are. Well, that's all I know.
What puzzels me is that I have received 3 quotes from 3 different dealerships on what it would cost me to have them purchase and install the generator. The range difference with these quotes is "over" $1600.00. That is not a typo.... $1600.00
I'm telling them all the same thing. Onan 5500 and fueled by propane. Thet all know that the RV is pre-wired.
One dealership was talking about "fuel supply" another dealer was talking about a special exhaust system and yet another dealer was telling me that the exhaust system was built in.
Don't know who to trust.
Another note on the exhaust system. "IF" the exhaust system is built in, wouldn't that make that front compartment get really hot, and wouldn't some of that heat and exhaust find it's way into the bedroom that is directly above it?
Thank you in advance.
Rodbuster