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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TomG2 wrote:
I just completed a sixteen day/3,000 mile trip with many nights spent in parking lots. There were times when I wished my generator was louder, much louder. Like when the tour bus pulled alongside with his main engine left running at fast idle, or the night the semi with the cycling refrigerator unit parked twenty feet away. My 3500/4000 watt Champion could not compare to them and I was not running it anyway as the AC was not required.
X2 ... exactly my feelings ... except that we have a quiet built-in generator and a quiet portable one.
On long trips we camp in parking lots for convenience ... no other reason. Running one of our generators in most of these parking lot situations poses no problem as compared to the other noise in parking lots.
In ultra noise sensitive dry camping spots we use the little portable suitcase generator or idle the main engine to top up the batteries, either of which make "no noise" for all intents and purposes.
