generator vs. solar panels
I have severe RA and am reluctant to install a pull type generator i.e. Honda, Yamaha etc. Have 2002 30' Jayco Eagle 5th wheel. Storage in front compartment has room for electric start generator. ...
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skyhammer wrote:RoyB wrote:
There are not many public camping places that even allow you to run a generator very long...
That must be an Eastern thing.Every campground I have been to allows generator run times of 12 hours so and I have stayed at several 100 campgrounds.
BC (west as you can get almost) provincial parks have gen times from 9-11am and 6-8pm.
We use those parks in winter so it is dark before 6 and no way am I going out in the dark to play with the gen etc.
That leaves 9-11am to get it all done. In those conditions, temp is about 32-40F. Lots of furnace plus no let-up in using the inverter for MW, kettle, toaster, movies. Dark early so lights on a lot too. Approx. 170AH a day usage.
How in heck can you replace 170AH in two hours? We have a 458AH bank of four 6s. Turns out you can recharge at 30% initial rate to do a "50-90" with a Honda 3000 and 100-130 amps worth of charger and do a 50-86. (36% of 458 is 165AH. pretty close.)
Actually we cheat. Nobody else is crazy enough to camp in a provincial park in winter, so usually we have the place to ourselves (Rathtrevor) and the "rangers" don't care if we run the gen overtime by half an hour. So 2 1/2 hours gets it all done. :)
