Camping protocol

Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
To everyone, I am within campsite rules. My generator is not running inside quite hours (10 pm to 7 am), I am within camp rules of noise level of generators (68 dB) and way below.

And yes, if he is nasty in his approach, he'll get a stern no. And a lecture that I'm within camp rules and he should not be bringing a baby in the camping -- that might disturb everyone else with their all nigh crying.

My question is, shouldn't other campers know the rules themselves and should not be into others' if they are not in violation of those rules -- and if they are, they should approach the camp host or rangers. That's certainly what I'll do. Or is it just men camp ethics and protocol.

Well if you were within all the rules you could have simply said so and kept running your generator. I agree the other camper should talk to the host instead of you. Unless of course the other camper came over and asked politely to do them a favor and turn off the generator. I was once asked to turn off my genny by a fellow and I did shortly there after when I was done cleaning my fish. That is when I had a built in genny that really was pretty darn loud. It makes for a awkward situation when some asks you not to do what is perfectly legal:) You said they told you to turn if off. That would be a little weird for sure.

I agree with what another poster said about a quiet generator. I had two not so quiet generators then I purchased my Honda 3000 and its so darn quiet the next campsite can't really hear it. That solved all the noise problems. If yours is a inverter type then it should be really quiet also. The honda 3000 runs from 50 to 57 db at peak power. I know there are some from Harbor freight that are really reasonable that have similar sound levels.

When it comes to camping and generators sound is the name of the game. JMHO