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urbex
Explorer
Feb 15, 2017

What makes a generator specifically a "RV" generator?

Or, I suppose it would be more accurate to ask what the difference is between a normal portable generator and one meant to be permanently installed in an RV? Is it just a different frame that it's mo...
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j-d
Explorer II
Feb 15, 2017
Hondas and some of their competitors are quiet so they play well inside a metal truck box. A contractor's "jobsite genny" is loud and the truck box resounds with its noise.

Many jobsite gennys are able to deliver their rated wattage as two, balanced, separate 120VAC circuits. An RV genset, and some portables, can deliver full wattage on one circuit. So a 4000 watt RV genset can carry 4000 watts on one connection, like an RV shore tie. 4000 watt jobsite genny can carry two 2000 watt circuits.

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