Cheryl_B wrote:
I can't believe how good I am at making mistakes! Why in all my research did no one say, "Don't buy a generator that you have to carry around in your coach"? Or "Only buy a generator if you can attach it to the outside of your rig, or place in the bed of your pickup truck or inside your Toad."
I'm sorry but I'm facing the first week of "this is your life" and I'm having trouble working out this generator issue. Should I just go and resell it? Is it a bad thing to buy with a Class C and no Toad?
I really need advice.
We all make mistakes! The new mistakes don't bother me, it's just the repeat ones. :) This too shall pass.
I'm not sure what kind of an AC unit you have or what kind of generator you bought, but it takes a lot of ooooomph to run an AC unit. It also takes one heck of a surge of power when they start. Hopefully you got one with enough power.
Couple of thoughts. We're in a C with no toad. We just make do. I'm leaning towards a scooter in case I need to grab groceries or make a propane run.
Meh - we make do with what we have.
Worst case, you pack up camp and drive the C to the store.
Generators. I see quite a few people out there with a Champion 3000 watt inverter generator that's just chained tightly to the bumper. The ones big enough to run a 13K BTU unit are going to be heavy.
A friend lent me his Honda 2000, which is an awesome generator. And while it was small and portable (luggable) it didn't have enough power to run our larger 15K BTU AC unit.
