Built in quiet inverter generator for truck camper?Does anyone make one yet? It baffles me that this segment of the market appears to be neglected.My previous 2 campers both had built in generators. The noise wasn't horrible, but it wasn't anything like the quiet portable inverter gens. My current rig, an Eagle 2018 cap 1165 that I purchased 2nd hand, came without a generator. I can't see spending $4000 for a new built in noisemaker, when a quiet portable of the same wattage is $700. But I love the convenience of the built in. So i'd pay up for a built in if it was quiet. Does anyone know of such a model being commercially available yet? If I can't find one to buy, I'm going to tear apart a portable electric start model and adapt it to a built in, remote start, installation.

My 2001 Fleetwood had originally inverter generator in it. The lousy Generac blow electronic board, who cost a fortune and the propane-guzzler was never too good to start with. I read that the darn thing cost $4000 as factory option. I rather stay with my $150 portable inverter generator, or use Honda EU3000 when I need AC.For convenience I have 2 batteries in my camper and inverter. That allows me to make 3 cups of coffee in the morning and occasional microwave use - still leaving power for water pump and lighting for the night.BTW, I pulled the inverter Generac from the camper and bought new board for it, but never installed it back , even it has only about 100 hr on it. You want it? Make me an offer.

Everyones situation is different. Some people don't mind setting up a portable. It seems that the times I most want to run a generator, are the times I least want to unload one and string cords. Like when I pull into a walmart lot in Atlanta in August for a quick overnight. Too hot to sleep, too noisy to have the windows all wide open, and the AC won't run on the batteries. Or waking up on a cold snowing morning to the low voltage beeping on the inverter. I'm on the go alot, and don't always set up camp for overnights.So the built in vs portable debate is already settled for me.K, that 20 year old Generac sounds like an ongoing project that I do not care to enjoy during the aforementioned environmental conditions, but thank you for the offer.

It was Walmart in Atlanta suburbs, where I got woken up at 5 AM by tow truck driver, who gave me an offer of leaving in 5 minutes or having club lock on my wheel. Anyway, I have Honda 3000 mounted on my front hitch. It takes me about 30 seconds to pull camper cord, plug it in and start the Honda (who I never use with electric starter, just pull cord). That is smaller job, than extending rear jacks for stabilization and I am not desperate to seek propane supplier following morning. We do have some topics how TC owners build-in Hondas into the camper. I read them carefully and decided to stay with front hitch placement.Talking again about my Generac, I think it was 1 of the best in the industry as it come with inverter technology. Still so far every factory build-in generator was proving itself to be a constant project.

I never have had a single problem with any of my Onan built ins that were in my other campers when I bought them. Just don't want to pay that much for a noisy one. When I sell the camper, I would lose $ on the generator. I paid less for my Lance with Generator already there that what a new Onan costs.

Hemi Joel wrote:Everyone's situation is different. I bought my camper used because it had a built in generator. It wasn't working so I bought a brand new one.I had a divorced generator with my last camper and didn't want that setup again.I'm gone all day and I've never needed AC at night where I camp so it doesn't run 24/7.Cummins calls this a "QG", quiet generator and with the compartment being fully enclosed except of the vent in the door and a resonator on the exhaust its pretty darn quiet.This was this past November. My friend has a Boliy generator that is also a quiet generator. Even with my exhaust pointing in his direction, with his door wide open he could not hear my generator running when he was inside his TT.I'm sure there are other generators that are quieter than mine but when it is running what little noise there is it doesn't bother me a bit.I also like just pushing a little button to fire it up or turn it off when ever I want. Simplicity and convenience at its best. :BI either camp by myself or with friends and never around other people so my generator never bothers other campers.

Built in quiet inverter generator for truck camper?

Hemi_Joel
Explorer
Mar 31, 2020
Everyones situation is different. Some people don't mind setting up a portable. It seems that the times I most want to run a generator, are the times I least want to unload one and string cords. Like when I pull into a walmart lot in Atlanta in August for a quick overnight. Too hot to sleep, too noisy to have the windows all wide open, and the AC won't run on the batteries. Or waking up on a cold snowing morning to the low voltage beeping on the inverter. I'm on the go alot, and don't always set up camp for overnights.
So the built in vs portable debate is already settled for me.

K, that 20 year old Generac sounds like an ongoing project that I do not care to enjoy during the aforementioned environmental conditions, but thank you for the offer.
Kayteg1
Explorer II
Mar 31, 2020
My 2001 Fleetwood had originally inverter generator in it.
The lousy Generac blow electronic board, who cost a fortune and the propane-guzzler was never too good to start with.
I read that the darn thing cost $4000 as factory option.
I rather stay with my $150 portable inverter generator, or use Honda EU3000 when I need AC.
For convenience I have 2 batteries in my camper and inverter.
That allows me to make 3 cups of coffee in the morning and occasional microwave use - still leaving power for water pump and lighting for the night.
BTW, I pulled the inverter Generac from the camper and bought new board for it, but never installed it back , even it has only about 100 hr on it.
You want it? Make me an offer.

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