Motor Home Generators

The Best Motorhome Generator powers your air conditioners and necessary appliances including refrigerator and microwave, satellite TV, and coffee maker—everything that makes RV life fun and enjoyable whether you live on the road or escape for a few days or a week at a time.

Motorhome RV Classes

RVs built on a truck or van chassis with the living space included into the vehicle are correctly called Motorhomes. These range in size from large, luxury bus conversions to commercially modified vans. The largest, and most expensive, extend a semi-tractor to include living quarters with all the luxury accommodations, many of which require a motorhome generator.

Class A Motorhomes look much like a converted bus. A luxury travel bus or school bus is modified to turn it into a home away from home or a permanent residence. Those equipped with a diesel engine in the back are called diesel pushers. With electrical needs that rival a small to medium house, Class A RVs come equipped with motorhome generators sized to meet the electrical requirements of multiple air conditioners, kitchen appliances, entertainment, and lighting.

Class C Motorhomes range in size from medium to nearly as large a bus conversion with a much different look. They consist of a factory-built home set on a cutaway truck or van frame with the cab connected to the living quarters. Class C motorhomes come equipped with front mounted gasoline engines that drive the rear axles. Amenities include many of the same conveniences as a Class A, but with less emphasis on luxury and more on serviceability. Cummins Onan Motorhome Generators for Class C RVs run on gasoline and power one to three air conditioners and a variety of appliances and conveniences.

Class B Motorhomes pack many features into a small space. Based on a standard van modified for greater height, they often include rooftop air conditioners, one or two beds, a shower, and kitchen appliances. Recently, Class B Plus motorhomes have used bigger vans to create more living space while maintaining the maneuverability and economy-minded fuel use of the standard Class B. Small, gasoline-powered motorhome generators provide power for the air conditioner, refrigerator and microwave, water system pumps and lighting.

The Best Motorhome Generators

A Motorhome Generator frequently runs off the vehicle’s fuel tank, so the generator and the motorhome engine use the same type of fuel. For a gasoline motorhome generator, this has the added advantage of utilizing the motorhome’s built-in EVAP equipment. The motorhome fuel tank has a sensor to prevent accidentally using all the fuel and stranding the RV.

The three motorhome classes encompass a wide range of sizes and generator capacity requirements. Propane is common for powering trailered RV generators and less so for motorhomes. Cummins Onan Quiet Gas and Quiet Diesel are the Best Motorhome Generators sized to meet the needs of the RV’s appliances and the RV owner’s habits.

From small and fuel-efficient 2800-watt Quiet Gasoline motorhome generators to the powerful 12,500-watt Quiet Diesel, there’s a Cummins Onan Motorhome Generator to fit every need among the three motorhome classes.