Do You REALLY Need To Run your Genny?
Just got in from our first dry camping experience with our new camper and dual battery setup. Genny hours are 9-11 and 5-9. We actually had two family campers there and each had a 2,000W Honda genny...
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I have two modes of camping:
If I have to run the A/C, I have to run the generator. Can't really help it unless I want to spend $25,000 on a solar trailer with a very large battery bank, on the order of thousands of amp-hours.
If the weather is colder, I run the generator for about a couple hours in the morning then from 7-9 PM at night. That will give me enough charge to last the night with the furnace. Allowing neighbors to plug in and charge their phones and such tends to reduce complaints, as there is an unwritten rule where generators tend to be much quieter if one is able to use the power generated from it.
I try to minimize energy use in general if I don't have to run the A/C. I have a 20 amp-hour battery to keep my iDevices charged. For coffee, I boil water on the stove, pour it through a coffee cup filter. Frozen foods go into the oven. I use O2Cool fans with "D"-cell batteries for moving air. The fridge is almost always running on gas.
If I have to run the A/C, I have to run the generator. Can't really help it unless I want to spend $25,000 on a solar trailer with a very large battery bank, on the order of thousands of amp-hours.
If the weather is colder, I run the generator for about a couple hours in the morning then from 7-9 PM at night. That will give me enough charge to last the night with the furnace. Allowing neighbors to plug in and charge their phones and such tends to reduce complaints, as there is an unwritten rule where generators tend to be much quieter if one is able to use the power generated from it.
I try to minimize energy use in general if I don't have to run the A/C. I have a 20 amp-hour battery to keep my iDevices charged. For coffee, I boil water on the stove, pour it through a coffee cup filter. Frozen foods go into the oven. I use O2Cool fans with "D"-cell batteries for moving air. The fridge is almost always running on gas.
