1995 Tioga Montara

Bordercollie wrote:
You might consider buying a used "portable" generator but it will need to have 4000 watt capacity to run your roof AC unit and microwave oven at the same time. It could be mounted on the rear bumper on some kind of a sliding mount so you would have access to the rear cargo bay door. My advice, save your money and buy a newer rig with standard RV generator that starts easily and works properly to run the roof AC, etc. BTW, people who camp "off the grid" often go with expensive solar power and large banks of batteries and high capacity inverters. Running an RV generator a lot is an irritant problem when camped near other campers.

That's an option but not the best one, built in is so much more seamless..... there is no question that a large solar panel with a pure sine wave inverter is the way to go but I think you would still need a generator.

In my situation I have to balance cost against use, the problem is I am not retired if I was it would be different but with me still working I would get to use it a couple of days here, a couple of days there, maybe a week in the spring, a couple in the summer and a week in the fall to much to rely on rentals but not enough to justify $50 thousand plus for something that's going to spend 80 or 90 percent of its time setting in the driveway......

Thanks
Bill