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SlowBro
Jan 04, 2021Explorer III
Gdetrailer wrote:
At least you do now realize the gen you already have will use far less fuel..
No it uses far more, because it's not an inverter genny. It's a cheap inefficient Chinese genny. Uses at least 50% more gas per hour, maybe as much as 300% more. My car uses about 0.25gph idling but the rating on the genny at half load is 0.47gph, and if that's overly optimistic it would be even worse. The RV would only need half the genny load so maybe it is only 0.47gph.
However, the cost difference for such a small amount of usage is what convinced me. Not worth saving eight bucks or so.
Alrighty thanks everyone, I have the answers I need and have marked this thread solved, so I am unsubscribing from this thread. Have a great day!
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