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Naio
Explorer II
Mar 30, 2015

How much gas does your genny use? And a charging question

After generous advice and hand-holding from folks here, I experimented with running my van engine to charge house batteries when dry camping, as I do not yet have a genny or solar. I used an MSW inve...
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the_bear_II
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Mar 30, 2015
I once had a Honda 1000W generator that I used to re-charge two 12v batteries on my TT. It was very quiet and would run all day on about 1/2 gallon of gas.

The 1000w was enough to run lights, TV and VCR at night and then charge batteries the next day.

It worked great when boondocking.

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