Generator Help
I have been going back and forth on whether to get a generator/invertor and if so how big? Lots of people say they use it only once or twice... others sound like the couldn't have made it without one...
Forum Discussion
PA12DRVR wrote:
Is the question about needing a generator for an Alaska trip?
IMO, you're unlikely to need a generator for Alaska: 18 - 20+ hours of sunlight in the summer, no need for A/C, etc.
On the way to AK...maybe you'll need A/C, but there's that many more CG's with plug-ins. If it were me and I didn't already have a generator, I wouldn't buy one for the AK trip.
To the OP:
I bought one for my trip to Alaska and used it a lot... when I went in May, the CG's with electric weren't open, or were hiding? I spent night after night along the way in "rustic" CGs in AB, BC and YT. Plus the only Walmart I found with hookups was in Fairbanks, and I didn't stay there (it was crowded).
Along the Denali Highway, I did not find any campgrounds with electric. I did find a very beautiful pull-off to spend a night at, and ran the generator for a few hours at night whilst cooking dinner and reviewing my recent photos and videos.
I did not run my generator at most of the overnight campgrounds, but instead, it ran while I was on the highway, recharging the 800 amp-hour battery bank in the trailer.
