Questions about power for overnighting
I tried the search feature, but I didn't find what I am looking for. My wife and I travel with a 5er and we do not have a generator, so overnighting on a parking lot in hot weather is not an option f...
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is it friday yet? wrote:NinerBikes wrote:
Get a campsite with a power pedestal for hookups.
Running generators in parking lots is frowned upon, your overnight stay is supposed to be non intrusive, as in no noise pollution, and no smell of exhaust or carbon monoxide. This type of behavior is camping, not overnighting, and will tend to get all RV's banned from overnighting at public locations. You need to be stealthy and not noticed, not bring attention to your activities with noise and exhaust smells that are untreated, for the sake of only your comfort, no one elses.
Who frowns upon it? It's not very easy to hear a twin cylinder Onan generator in a compartment with side exhaust. Especially when everyone parks out as far as possible. I guess you can smell the exhaust if you stand next to it. Carbon monoxide is odorless.
You know there's sulfur in gasoline fuel, don't you? It is by no means odorless. Even when in diesel fuel at 7ppm, and gasoline is at 100ppm +, until EPA tier 3 gasoline requirements go into effect in 2017 for refining gasoline.
