LJAZ wrote:
A/c all night is even rarer than what I said before. Doesn't happen. Of course as soon as I say that, someone will chime in saying he does that.
Oh well, in 12 years of this, and doing a lot of boondocking, I, personally, have never seen anyone run a/c all night on a generator. And if someone does that, I better not be in earshot!!
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That's the main reason we have a generator. If it was just to run the lights and charge the phones, a single solar panel would be easier and cheaper or get a little 1000watt generator.
We don't use it a lot but in the summer a lot of campgrounds have iffy power and guess when it comes out...a hot humid summer day when everyone is trying to run the air/con.
You hear some grumbling but it's not about the noise...it's the jealousy that we are cool and comfortable and they are sweltering. You typically hear 5-6 generators kick on when that happens even if there are rules against generator use...what is the campground going to do...never had a campground complain but of course the obvious answer is provide power that I paid for or I'm running the generator.
Now we spend 3-6months per year in the rig so, I might take a little different approach if we just did a few weekends per year.
Boondocking is a little different as that tends to be a bit more of a cost conscious group but when power goes out in a campground, it's typical over the next 10-15minutes to hear a number of generators cranking up.
