Another Generator Thread
I'm looking into generators and I'm in option overload. Somebody help me sort it out? We're taking a trip in November, pretty much overnighting at Overnight Parking or Walmarts along the route. I...
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SoundGuy wrote:el.jefe wrote:
Not sure about a battery that will run 2 screens and a game system:). For this trip I'm going to have at least 7 kids with me, possibly 8 if my adult daughter comes too. So I want to be prepared.
You're not anywhere near prepared to dry camp with that amount of anticipated use. At the very least you'd need a pair of GC-2 6 volt deep cycle batteries which would offer approximately 220 AH, half of which will be usable, OR a pair of G31 12 volt batteries which would offer similar capacity. They'd get you through one night but then you'd need a genset (or large solar system) to recharge those batteries.
Right, that's my thinking too. That's why I'm posting about generators. But some have suggested a battery and inverter solution, and I'm saying why I don't think that will work for me. I mean, I could make it work and we could just use whatever power is available, I don't HAVE to have 2 TVs and a game system available, but even with a decent battery solution I will still need to recharge it. It seems simpler just to run a small generator for a couple hours in the evening and charge the battery while we run the tvs and such off the generator power, and then turn it off for the night.
