Are Generators worth the $$'s
We're going to Moraine Campground in Colorado next Summer where there is not electricity/water. I'm an outdoorsman, but my wife isn't, so I'm thinking about the Honda 2000i Generators x2 for this tri...
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You also have to consider when you can run your generator. Here on the East side of the US including Arkansas you have all of the generator run time restriction in place. This means you are only allowed to run your generator at public camp grounds usually from 8AM-10AM and then again maybe from 4:30PM to 7:30PM. This doesn't give much time to enjoy running an on-board air conditioner with one.
What we did is beef up our OFF-ROAD trailer operations to almost everything we want to do running from the batteries and then use the high dollar generator to run the the trailer when allowed to just re-charge the batteries using smart mode charging in a quick three hour generator run time.
Out West you may find some dispersed camping places that allows you to run your generator whenever you want to. Those kinds of camp ground grounds are few here on the East side of the USA. We have found some Natl Forest areas that allows you generator run times from 8AM to 8PM but have never found any public place you can run one after 8PM at night.
To us a generator is a must have item but in our case is only used to re-charge our batteries three hours a day so we can run the next day/night run off the batteries.
even doing this this we run into problems when we do a 50% to 90% SOC re-charge period everyday for over 12-14 times and the batteries start dropping off in performance. Then we have to do a full 100% SOC which will take around 12-13 hours of generator run time which is usually not allowed where we are camping - This is when we head back for the house haha...
Just my take on Generators. That was the first thing I got before we started camping off the power grids in our OFF-ROAD Camper SETUP like we do. My generator sits secured in the back of truck bed next to the tailgate. It is covered with a lockable folding hard plastic bed cover. It has saved our trips too many times to count...
No way would I consider going out in the woods somewhere without my generator. Its all about having PLAN Bs...
Roy Ken
What we did is beef up our OFF-ROAD trailer operations to almost everything we want to do running from the batteries and then use the high dollar generator to run the the trailer when allowed to just re-charge the batteries using smart mode charging in a quick three hour generator run time.
Out West you may find some dispersed camping places that allows you to run your generator whenever you want to. Those kinds of camp ground grounds are few here on the East side of the USA. We have found some Natl Forest areas that allows you generator run times from 8AM to 8PM but have never found any public place you can run one after 8PM at night.
To us a generator is a must have item but in our case is only used to re-charge our batteries three hours a day so we can run the next day/night run off the batteries.
even doing this this we run into problems when we do a 50% to 90% SOC re-charge period everyday for over 12-14 times and the batteries start dropping off in performance. Then we have to do a full 100% SOC which will take around 12-13 hours of generator run time which is usually not allowed where we are camping - This is when we head back for the house haha...
Just my take on Generators. That was the first thing I got before we started camping off the power grids in our OFF-ROAD Camper SETUP like we do. My generator sits secured in the back of truck bed next to the tailgate. It is covered with a lockable folding hard plastic bed cover. It has saved our trips too many times to count...
No way would I consider going out in the woods somewhere without my generator. Its all about having PLAN Bs...
Roy Ken
