A new perspective on generators
Over the weekend we used a dry campground on a lake instead of our usual boondocking off by ourselves. We have never heard a generator other than our own near us and I have to tell you it was a real e...
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greenrvgreen wrote:
Knowing how much you good people enjoy hearing alternative opinions, here's mine:
I'm reading a lot of complaints about the "me first" attitude and the lack of consideration of others. Okay, but where's YOUR consideration of others?
As said, the rules allow it, and in this country a vocal minority cannot rewrite the rules at will. Don't like the rules? Provide your input to the Land Manager, and it will get lumped in with everyone else's. Generators are popular in these otherwise-quiet campgrounds because people like them, and they don't like you complaining.
Just like the OP, I've come to see what an annoyance a loud generator can be (I've got the superb Champ 3500/4000 also). So I did two things to alleviate it. First, I bought a Powerhouse 2700. Not as quiet as a Honda, but its exhaust note is fairly pleasant, and as an inverter gennie it is much quieter on average than my beloved Champ.
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And that boys and girls is the attitude that has ruined the National Parks. The camper wannabes and their generators.
As for a pleasant note. There is nothing pleasant about listening to the constant drone of a lawn mower run all day. And there are NO quiet generators in the Blue Ridge Parkway Campgrounds. Only people who think they are quiet compared to camping in the middle of an interstate.
BTW. Generators are popular, because they want to go into the woods, but are afraid of the woods
