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 ear opener.
There was a MH on the other side of the CG running their generator when we got there, not real loud but we knew it was running. Soon a second class C pulls in and at dinner time their generator starts also. Both run from dinner to bedtime. Across the lake someone runs a open frame past 10 pm and I'm glad we are on this side.
Saturday the two MHs run their gennys for breakfast and the rest of the 7 place CG fills with another Class C, a trailer, a 5er and a tent. The 5er no more than gets its slides out when they put out a Honda 3000 and start it. The three MHs all start theirs at dinner again and the four gennys run late into the night. I felt bad for the tenters.
Now I've never heard a Honda 3000 and I have to say I am impressed with how much quieter it is than our Champion 3500/4000. That said it never shut off unless the people left to go hunting. It was running when I went to bed at midnight and again when I woke before 6 am. As quiet as it was, I had no problem hearing it inside unless a TV or radio was going.
Luckily no one in our CG had a open frame and ours has been silent since the solar went in to use. I was a bit worried when Sunday turned out to be cold and cloudy but the single grp 27 kept the trailer at 74 degrees, Honey ran a good 10 DVDs thru the player or a radio for back ground noise and we used the LEDs like normal. Monday showed a 12.3v reading before the solar started up again but had it became a issue, I would have tapped the 8-D we run the inverter with even though Honey wanted to start the Champ for a few hours just to get even. lol
Two of the people that ran their genny the most came and asked me about the panel, where to get it, how much, what could it do, etc.
So now I can read the generator threads with a new perspective and appreciate our solar, battery banks and inverter even more. We will visit the lake again but only during the week when it's empty. Come Friday we will pack up and head back into the hills where I can drink my coffee listening to birds singing, not gennys idling all day long.
There was a MH on the other side of the CG running their generator when we got there, not real loud but we knew it was running. Soon a second class C pulls in and at dinner time their generator starts also. Both run from dinner to bedtime. Across the lake someone runs a open frame past 10 pm and I'm glad we are on this side.
Saturday the two MHs run their gennys for breakfast and the rest of the 7 place CG fills with another Class C, a trailer, a 5er and a tent. The 5er no more than gets its slides out when they put out a Honda 3000 and start it. The three MHs all start theirs at dinner again and the four gennys run late into the night. I felt bad for the tenters.
Now I've never heard a Honda 3000 and I have to say I am impressed with how much quieter it is than our Champion 3500/4000. That said it never shut off unless the people left to go hunting. It was running when I went to bed at midnight and again when I woke before 6 am. As quiet as it was, I had no problem hearing it inside unless a TV or radio was going.
Luckily no one in our CG had a open frame and ours has been silent since the solar went in to use. I was a bit worried when Sunday turned out to be cold and cloudy but the single grp 27 kept the trailer at 74 degrees, Honey ran a good 10 DVDs thru the player or a radio for back ground noise and we used the LEDs like normal. Monday showed a 12.3v reading before the solar started up again but had it became a issue, I would have tapped the 8-D we run the inverter with even though Honey wanted to start the Champ for a few hours just to get even. lol
Two of the people that ran their genny the most came and asked me about the panel, where to get it, how much, what could it do, etc.
So now I can read the generator threads with a new perspective and appreciate our solar, battery banks and inverter even more. We will visit the lake again but only during the week when it's empty. Come Friday we will pack up and head back into the hills where I can drink my coffee listening to birds singing, not gennys idling all day long.
