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Old 07-14-2018, 10:49 PM   #1
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I am confused as to how many hours my generator has run. I have a 2016 Quantum PD 31. I bought it last August with 5800 miles. Since then I have run it about 3 hours. Tia.Click image for larger version

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Old 07-14-2018, 11:00 PM   #2
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I am confused as to how many hours my generator has run. I have a 2016 Quantum PD 31. I bought it last August with 5800 miles. Since then I have run it about 3 hours. Tia.Attachment 11435


I’m seeing 7thousand five hundred twenty nine point one hours.....??? That’s aloooooot of hours.....can’t be right??? That would be running it like 15 hours a day for 500 hundred days....
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Old 07-14-2018, 11:13 PM   #3
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Exactly my confusion. The best I can come up with is to divide that number but 1/10 which would be 753 hours I think.
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Old 07-14-2018, 11:18 PM   #4
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Have you watched the hour meter when it is running?
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Old 07-14-2018, 11:20 PM   #5
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Old 07-15-2018, 12:08 AM   #6
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Exactly my confusion. The best I can come up with is to divide that number but 1/10 which would be 753 hours I think.


I would say even 753 hours would be high....Ours is a 2016 Vegas with about 9000 miles.. We have 220 hours on our generator....I run it all the time so I can run the A/C to cool down the back when traveling to destination....
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Old 07-15-2018, 12:54 AM   #7
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I Googled ENM hour meter and the description states it reads hours and tenth of an hour. Not resettable. I will call the manufacturer next week. I am pretty sure it is defective. Thank you all for responding.
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Old 07-15-2018, 01:42 AM   #8
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I’m seeing 7thousand five hundred twenty nine point one hours.....??? That’s aloooooot of hours.....can’t be right??? That would be running it like 15 hours a day for 500 hundred days....
Is that the same as 50,000 days?
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Old 07-15-2018, 03:31 AM   #9
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I agree on the 7 thousand hours, the question is did the first owner live in it.
The hours add up to like 24/7 for like 300 + days and around 500 days at 15 hours per day. Very doable you just need to know what the old owner did with it.
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Old 07-15-2018, 03:06 PM   #10
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Generator hours

It will be interesting to find out differently but I bet on 7000 hours. The more important question is how is it running? Everyone seems to freak out about hours on generators but I was told a couple times these can run 10,000 hours. If it is still running well it should give us all a lot of comfort
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Yes it is runs well.
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Old 07-16-2018, 06:14 AM   #12
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you know those WIFI's that say "FBI surveillance van #...". perhaps your RV was one of the "vans".
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Old 07-25-2018, 11:35 PM   #13
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I have confirmed that the hour counter continues to go up when plugged in to shore power. It appears to wired incorrectly. I am bringing it to an authorized Cummins Onan service center within the month. Thank you all for your help.
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Old 07-26-2018, 12:49 AM   #14
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Old 07-26-2018, 02:57 AM   #15
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That's great that you figured it out and was able to share the information
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