KD4UPL wrote:
Why do you want one? The propane and battery systems in your RV will operate everything except the microwave and AC unit. Eventually, of course, batteries need to be recharged but your tow vehicle will do that if your traveling around frequently. If you intend to stay in one place for a long time a solar system is another option for recharging batteries.
In fact, with a large enough battery bank and an inverter you could even run your microwave and other appliances without a generator.
If you want a quick, easy way to operate high powered AC appliances then a gen. is probably a good idea. If you want to operate the air conditioner when you have no hook-up it's a requirement. Otherwise, it's a good way to make noise, use gas, and cost money.
That's kind of what I thought. Full hook up why take them. Went to a park a month ago with my wife a couple hundred miles from home and didn't take the Honda's. Well a storm went through and we had not power for over 24 hours. I ended up a Lowes buying a generator I didn't need. By the time I returned with it the power had come on so I returned it. Told the wife from now on it doesn't matter we are taking them along. May not need them but you never know.