Storing/traveling with gas for portable gen

Jbrowland wrote:
I’m now wondering just how often I’ll need to run the AC and if I really need the genset at all. It’s the furnace we mostly use at night that kills our batteries when we camp.

That's a question only you can answer. I too had hoped I could power a 13,500 BTU A/C with a Honda EU2000i and while it did work it would start to go into overload whenever outside ambient temps began to rise above the mid 80s, just when I'd want A/C. :R These days I think that issue could be solved by installing a Micro-Air Easy Start Soft Starter Kit on the A/C but of course that's even more $$$. I had also hoped that once cooled down I could shut down the genset and the trailer interior would remain cool ... such was not the case at all, as interior temps immediately began to rise noticeably as soon as the A/C was turned off. :M That in turn meant that if I was going to be using a genset to power A/C that genset was going to have to run ALL day. Some don't mind but no way I want to listen to any genset droning on at full tilt just to power A/C, no way do I want to have to continue to feed it gas. Eliminate A/C and other than the MW oven I can pretty well do everything off battery power, which is why I'm now considering a small, lightweight 1000 watt genset to recharge the battery. However, to justify the purchase of any genset I'd not use all that much I'd like to also use it to run the house furnace at times we may lose power. However, the recommendation of others here on the forum and measurements I've taken with a Kill-a-Watt meter suggest a 1K genset would likely go into overload, the solution being a heavier 2000 watt model, but at my age I'm much less interested in tossing around a 50 lb genset than maybe I used to be. If a 1K genset won't work for me then I may just add a second battery to the trailer, forget the genset idea entirely, and call it good. :D