DrewE wrote:
You won't make many friends running them in campgrounds, either, but if you're dry camping out away from other people that's not a big concern.
The Champ 3500 is pretty loud.. I was camped a couple hundred feet from one and it was definitely noticeable.
Size of the battery bank and charger is important to know also, as to whether the smaller of the two will handle it.
Running a/c when boondocking is pretty rare - everyone talks about it but I see very few campers actually doing it.. And never at night, which would be really rude to your neighbors.
I know you say you 'can't afford' a better gen, but does that mean you don't
want to afford it? Everybody wants to save a buck, and the generator is often the first place they look to, but in the long run you'll probably just get annoyed with the noise. The sweetness of low price will wear off rather quickly.
