Generator Advise

ianmac23 wrote:
My wife and I are thinking about getting a 5th wheel this year and are trying to plan things out. We travel about 45 nights a year and like to go to races where we would use generator power for up to 4 days at a time. I was thinking about a Onan 5k or doing 3 Honda 2000's. We would use the generator twice a year when traveling to our vacation sites on breaks and at night. We would also use it once a year at a track. If you use your generator when traveling I would like to hear about your experiences and options.

For the past several years we have been doing close to what you for see. We do NASCAR races, mainly Texas, Talledaga, Kansas, Phoenix. We carry 2 generators actually to races. The first is a 3.5k Powermax, (EBAY special yikes) been using it for 8 years at races and it runs about 100 hours each race. Most everyone else runs those dang 7 or 8k Contractor genny's at NASCAR races...loud....loud..loud. The PowerMax (62db at 20ft) not real loud, runs 1 air conditioner and charges batteries and Champion gennys are comparable. Then I have a 2k Talon,(55db at 20 ft), inverter genny that I use during the quieter times and in State, National Parks and Forests and tailgating. I won this genny at one of the races at Texas. It is very portable and easy to situate. It will charge batteries, run electric skillet and other smaller things but will NOT run the Air Conditioner. I am looking to actually go with 2-2000 Hondas for portability...Parallel the 2 with the kit and you have 4K of power. Elevation is where you will lose power on any genny setup. Been there done that and got my t-shirt!