Generator to run three RV's?
My family is considering buying some property to use as a place to bring our RV's and do some ATV riding on local trails. The properties we are finding do not have power. Some have power at the road a...
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Gdetrailer wrote:pianotuna wrote:13.5K AC 13A (1560W) run
Having done lots of power measurements during outages at my house, I found I could run all the important circuits from a 2800 watt kipor generator.
We tend to think of maximum loads--but really I could do fridge, freezer, furnace, most of the lights, router (for wobbly wide web) computers, laptop, garage door openner and block heater for the car. I used a manual transfer switch with six circuits. the Kipor did not overload even once.
RV fridge heater approx 300W
electric heating element in water heater 1200W
converter charging batteries up to 1200W at full load (supporting battery charging duties plus 12V appliances and lighting)
Entertainment, 200W for average LED backlit TV of 32"+ size
A potential of 4150W
air conditioner 1200 to 1900 depending on the length of run
fridge 325 but runs on propane when not on shore power
water heater--1400 watts not 1200. Propane when boondocking, I heat mine as I drive down the road on solar/alternator twenty minutes on, 40 minutes off.
converter 700 watts, but again the solar keeps the battery bank charged.
microwave 1567 watts
Induction cooker 1500 watts (on max)
no television, but I do use a laptop--100 watts
coffee maker 400 watts
lighting is all led--maybe 20 watts if I have all of them on.
2 cell phones at 10 watts each. Charge time about 90 minutes.
So my peak load would be 7932 watts.
But not all devices are on at 100% duty cycle. The one exception might be the roof air.
water heater 90 minutes per day (I let it coast after it is warmed up)
coffee maker 7 minutes per day.
microwave maybe 5 minutes per day?
Induction cooker 30 minutes per day?
I've never overloaded my yahama 3000sieb, except when deliberately trying to do so. To be fair, I do have a load support inverter/charger. The generator does have remote electric start and I use it sparingly.
I do use a watt meter--and on shore power I've never used more than 7200 watts peak load (how--I have 2 auxiliary shore power cords). Average load at -30 is about 4300 watts (per hour so 4.3 kwh). But we are talking summer time, and the living is easy.
My rv behaves as if it were on shore power full time.
I deliberately limit my 30 amp consumption to 23 amps, which is what the Yamaha outputs.
23 x 120 = 2760 watts peak load when boondocking.
