What can I do with/expect from a generator?
We have boondocked four days easily without, but for skiing this winter and possibly up to one week of boondocking... Saw a used Honda 3000ec available for $750. What will that do for us? How long do ...
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Your converter-charger is going to make more difference to the amount of time you need to recharge the batteries than the generator size. A 900-1000 watt gen has more than enough capacity to run the battery charger you are likely to have (probably 45-55 amp). If you want to run the microwave, that will take more power than a gen that size can produce, but most likely no more than a 2000 watt. There’s no way I would want to lug a 3000 watt gen around just for battery charging and mwave duty. You can expect a sore back from that.
I actually use a Yamaha 1000 for about 99% of my power needs when dry camping, and that includes running our small-ish mwave. The mwave is running from an inverter when the Yamaha is running though, because it can’t support the load on its own. By running the mwave from the inverter while the gen is running, about half the power is coming directly from the camper battery, and the rest is coming from the gen through the battery charger.
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I actually use a Yamaha 1000 for about 99% of my power needs when dry camping, and that includes running our small-ish mwave. The mwave is running from an inverter when the Yamaha is running though, because it can’t support the load on its own. By running the mwave from the inverter while the gen is running, about half the power is coming directly from the camper battery, and the rest is coming from the gen through the battery charger.
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