Special generator discussion
Requesting special thoughts here- I have dry camped a lot. And I can decide for myself but there's usually a few valid intangibles that you can pick up in a discussion. Never had a generator and I...
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Here's some things we can do with our little 650 watt Honda when drycamping in our RV:
- Charge the the coach and boat batteries, instead of the Onan.
- Run the computer long periods of time to watch movies, surf the Net, do computer stuff, instead of an inverter.
- Charge the phones, instead of an inverter.
- Run the RV vacuum cleaner, instead of an inverter.
- Run the DW's hair dryer on it's low setting, instead of an inverter.
- Run our 1500 electric heater on it's low setting to save propane, instead of the Onan.
- Run two 150 watt personal electric heaters to save propane, instead of an inverter.
- Run a large oscillating fan outside under the awning on scorching hot days, instead of an inverter.
- For some reason NOT RUN the refrigerator on it's 120V AC setting to save on propane ... I'm working on why this unfortunate situation is as it is. (Of course the Onan will run the refrigerator.)
- Run SOME power tools ... for example, a pump to bring water from a nearby stream.
- Make it possible to start the main engine if for some reason all batteries should wind up too flat.
- Periodically relieve the coach battery bank when powering the tank heaters in extremely cold weather.
- Charge the the coach and boat batteries, instead of the Onan.
- Run the computer long periods of time to watch movies, surf the Net, do computer stuff, instead of an inverter.
- Charge the phones, instead of an inverter.
- Run the RV vacuum cleaner, instead of an inverter.
- Run the DW's hair dryer on it's low setting, instead of an inverter.
- Run our 1500 electric heater on it's low setting to save propane, instead of the Onan.
- Run two 150 watt personal electric heaters to save propane, instead of an inverter.
- Run a large oscillating fan outside under the awning on scorching hot days, instead of an inverter.
- For some reason NOT RUN the refrigerator on it's 120V AC setting to save on propane ... I'm working on why this unfortunate situation is as it is. (Of course the Onan will run the refrigerator.)
- Run SOME power tools ... for example, a pump to bring water from a nearby stream.
- Make it possible to start the main engine if for some reason all batteries should wind up too flat.
- Periodically relieve the coach battery bank when powering the tank heaters in extremely cold weather.
