Storing/traveling with gas for portable gen
Hello all. Thanks in advance for the advice and insight you folks always offer. I recently switched from a class C with a built in gen to a travel trailer to pull with my truck and after buying ...
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Jbrowland wrote:
My 3100w genset runs the AC just fine without mods.
I agree. A small 1000w genset for charging batteries and small things seems like a good solution when the ac isn't needed and carrying weight is an issue. My genset weighs over 100 ponds when full of gas and oil.
If I do decide I can do without the AC when dry camping then I may consider a smaller generator but would most likely just install solar again.
And therein lies the rub - weight. :( If we could only have a 2K inverter genset that weighs no more than a current 1K it'd be a grand solution. My 2K Honda ran everything including the MW oven and had I installed a Micro-Air Easy Start kit on the A/C it would have run it as well. :B Only one issue - a 2K, although half the weight of your 3100, is just too darned heavy. Interesting you've come this far by investing in the 3100 yet are once again considering solar when you previously said - "Solar helped in my old class C but wasn’t always reliable with tree coverage and winter hours." I agree though, solar does solve the problem of dragging around a heavy genset & having to fool with gas.
