Camping with the Sound Police
This is not intended to be another quiet generator versus noisy generator discussion, but I am curious where people camp who run their generators for much of the day. I am a full timer and travel ext...
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TomG2 wrote:toedtoes wrote:
I believe your takeaway from all this is faulty. I believe that while none of us "camp" next to other people running generators night and day all the time, many of us have had to camp next to other people running generators outside of campground generator rules. While one day in a campground with someone running their loud generator for one hour isn't unbearable (as long as it's done during the day), a long weekend or week with someone running their loud generator on and off all day and night IS enough to complain about.
As is the truth with most threads of this manner, posters are not going to admit that they ignore the campground rules and run their gennies more than is allowed. Perhaps those on this board don't. But there are a lot of folks out there who do.
What you can takeaway from this thread is that if you are at an event type setting where round the clock generator use is an acceptable factor, then it is OK to use your generator around the clock. If you are "camping", then follow the campground's rules regarding generators. If the rules don't meet your personal desires regarding generators (whether they are allowed to run too much or not enough), then find another place to camp.
Well, if my takeaway is "faulty" then so is your since you agree with almost everything I mentioned. Noisy events, expect noise. Otherwise, obey the rules or avoid those places where generators are commonly used.
Not exactly. Your takeaway is that people who are "camping" don't run into generators being run all day and night. That is the faulty part. Yes, people who are camping run into this - more often than is shown by this thread because: 1) by default, this forum is populated with people who are more likely to have and use a generator than other forums dedicated to camping; 2) people who have and use a generator are more likely to make allowances for generators being run outside of the rules; and 3) there is a halo effect on forums - people tend to claim to "NEVER" break the rules, to "NEVER" act rude, self-centered, or self-serving even though in the real world they often do just those things.
So, just because you "see" most people agreeing with our above "general consideration policies", in real life many of these same people will ignore these policies because it doesn't fit what they want.
