SoundGuy wrote:
kyle86 wrote:
Generally I just want to run it for 3-4 hours per day to recharge the battery bank. I would be curtious with the neighbors but surely they will have to realize not everybody can have a big dollar solar setup. I'm not talking about runing the genn all day long in a quiet campground, that would just kill the gasoline. If I needed AC all day I would just plug into a shore at a campground.
3 pages of discussion and now you seem have changed your tune considerably from what you said in your original post -
"The gen will be used mostly for recharging the batterys and running the microwave so the small one would work better for that and I could fit it in my truck tool box which is a deep low pro. The disadvantage would be we couldn't run the A/C if dry camping in a hot parking lot while traveling or in the desert."
And therein lies the rub - powering A/C. Forget that and a 1600 / 2000 watt genset will suffice nicely. If the cost of a relatively quiet Yamaha or Honda inverter genset is just too much a less costly 2K Champion Inverter Genset would do the trick provided you forget about A/C. Consider this - most 120 vac power requirements are only periodic whereas A/C is constant so you have to ask yourself - even if you did have a genset suitable in size to run A/C would you really want to run it hour after hour, even days on end, feeding it fuel constantly, just so you can cool off a bit? Having been through this routine myself with two different gensets my conclusion, after considering all the downsides, is a resounding NO ... amazing that generations before us somehow managed to survive without A/C of any kind, now suddenly we can't even camp without it? :R
Good points! Maybe I wasn't clear enough in the original post. My biggest concern is say towing in 98 degree heat then pulling over for the night to get some sleep. I have read where some folks run the gen set before they stop because the trailer temps can be 120 degrees. It would be nice to cool the air down below ambient as the walls, furniture, and all hold heat.
Being that georgia heat is all I know, if you step in it for 10 minutes you will litetally soak a shirt. That is one major reason i am leaving the state. Last summer i feel like we stayed inside for 5 months as it was 95+ every single day. Previous generations were definately tougher than us.
I'm not sure we neccessarily NEED a/c since like you said people went years wihout it. Then again people used to only shower once a week or so too. That is why I wanted to ask yall who have the experience traveling. That 2000 watt champ has good reviews but still costs $500 which is double the cost of the 3500. I could probably swing that though, but I would hate to regret it later and upgrade. I wish I could hear them run to see how loud they really are.
