Generators..What to Purchase
We know nothing about generators but are doing some research. Need to purchase one for emergency use and to use for beach camping. How big do we need to go to run a 15K AC and a few misc. items???
Forum Discussion
Kayteg1 wrote:
We camp at the beach right now. Me and next neighbor have Honda EU3000.
On the other side, 3 sites away a guy is running open frame generator.
When all 3 are running, standing close to Hondas, I hear the open frame.
Honda are quiet when you just charge the battery. Once you start AC, you can hear it, but there is difference between hearing it and have it annoying.
Than we have great topics about Predator gen sets. Would I not bought the Honda 15 years ago for $900, I would be tempted to buy cheap.
Power-wise, 3000W generator will run AC and charge batteries at the same time, but for using oven or coffeemaker you have to shut down AC
UPDATE.
The neighbor with open frame left ugh... but the neighbor with EU3000 could not get it to perform (even the 5th wheel has single AC, it is big one) and brought two EU2000 to work in parallel.
They seem to work pretty hard and yes, the noise does get annoying.
The campground does have quiet hr and Host is retired deputy, so no matter what you run, it has to die by 10 PM.
