Generator Question...which one?
I recently bought my first camper..or travel trailer.. not sure what the correct lingo is... Anyways its a 2000 22' Terry. It has A/C fridge microwave and all the stuff I think they all come with stan...
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ScottG wrote:
There two ways to look at this. Do you want to use your RV like it's plugged in to shore power without having to consider how much your loading your gen? If so then your going to need a large, very expensive inverter gen or two.
Most of us learn to pick our loads and switch between items. We don't have to run the micro at the same time as the AC. We pick between them and other high current items we want to run. Doing that you can get away with much less (less expensive) generator(s).
I think you have cut to the jist of it: you can't have it all and at a low cost.
I get by with a Yamaha EF2800 inverter generator. No, I can't run "it all." I can if I don't need the ac. But if ac is needed the fridge gets forced to propane and just about everything else is turned off. Granted, once the ac is running I can even run the microwave. But never when the ac is starting.
Michael
