sleeping with generator on

Engineer is a very broad term. Not sure that would automatically qualify him for the correct answer.

Mondooker wrote:
I just got off the phone with an engineer from Newmar and asked him the question just for the heck of it. His answer was there is no reason not to run a gas or diesel gen while sleeping. Especially in a coach built over the last 15 years or so.

He said go to south Florida in August and try not to using it!

My point was that he's talking about 'ANY' RV built the last 15 years. Did he mean just Newmars or 'ANY'?

There's quite a difference with RV builds. That covers a lot junk that could be poorly fitted. That also covers generators that are faulty or exhausts that are faulty or CO detectors not working or not even installed.

Which is why I don't leave home RV'ing without the Gen-turi.



Genturi the ONLY patented cool to the touch pipes and the ONLY patented pipe attachment with air flow to prevent back pressure.

I think 2gypsies is talking about the times in Florida when the snow is so high it covers the generators exhaust! :)

Repeating what a Newmar engineer stated is irresponsible? What are the circumstances where it could be a problem? Having sleep dozens and dozens of nights in my RV with the generator running (including weeks in NOLA after Katrina) I wonder how I managed to survive.

Mondooker wrote:
I just got off the phone with an engineer from Newmar and asked him the question just for the heck of it. His answer was there is no reason not to run a gas or diesel gen while sleeping. Especially in a coach built over the last 15 years or so.

He said go to south Florida in August and try not to using it!

To make a blanket statement like that is irresponsible. There are many different circumstances where it could be a problem.

Also, is there even any dry camping in south Florida? :) I thought it was all those big RV 'resorts'. I think of Arizona having lots of dry camping spots.

I just got off the phone with an engineer from Newmar and asked him the question just for the heck of it. His answer was there is no reason not to run a gas or diesel gen while sleeping. Especially in a coach built over the last 15 years or so.

He said go to south Florida in August and try not to using it!

Kidoo wrote:
Think of your neighbour first, especially if you have a loud portable one. The worst campers are the one that run their genset behind or on the other side of their RV so they do not hear it or smell it. Most of the time they are the ones with Fith Wheel and trailers.

One night on Mexico beach campground (no designated spots) I had late night tent-campers stuffing construction-grade generator under front bumper of my conversion.
Evidently the generator smoke did bother them in smoking.

dave17352 wrote:
I once after buying two co detectors put my honda generator as close to the back door of my truck camper with the door wide open. I had the exhaust pointing straight into the TC. Now I can not recall how long it took for the co detector to go off but I think it was in the 20 to 25 minute range. I found that to be interesting. I expected maybe a minute or two.

CO is a poison who takes "saturation" to kill and that is how detectors are programmed.
Human body can take big CO doze for a minute or 2 with no effect, but long exposure to mid-level will be lethal.
It is like decompression chart for scuba diving.
You can dive 130 feet for 5 minutes and come up with no decompression, but 30 minutes at 80 feet will put you on the edge.

Think of your neighbour first, especially if you have a loud portable one. The worst campers are the one that run their genset behind or on the other side of their RV so they do not hear it or smell it. Most of the time they are the ones with Fith Wheel and trailers.