I'll be taking out my travel trailer this summer and I'm a new rv'er. I have a 2017 Cherokee with two batteries. I'll be going "dry" camping for up to 5 days at a time. Will a Honda 1000 generator be able to charge my batteries? I just want to plug it into the regular shore power outlet. How fast will it charge? I'll be staying in national parks and they only permit generators to be run a max of 6 hours a day (2 in the he morning. 2 mid day, 2 evening). Plus I want to be a good neighbor. These seem like a really quiet option. I know a 2000 would work, but I can save a lot of money by going with the 1000.

In electrical conserve mode (ECM), we can dry camp for up to a week without the need of a generator. Our camping neighbors are very happy with us. We have 225ah of battery and we use about 15 - 20 ah per day. Still includes each of us daily navy showers, plenty of LED light use, and normal water pump use.You may find that you don't need a generator at all.

Oh. I like the sound of that! Yes. My TT has all LED lights and I've even purchased some battery operated LED tap lights as well so we're not always using the house batteries. I just want to make sure we have enough power for the water pump, and the rv fridge thermostat and some lights.

You can find the specs here. Max out put is about 8 amps, so running it an hour will put about 8 amp-hours (at most) back in your battery.If you are conservative, you won't use much electricity at all. Water pump, a few electronics, LED lights, and your consumption is very low. Charge your phones, etc in your tow vehicle while out sight-seeing. You should be able to go a long time on 2 batteries, with a little boost from this generator occasionally. Now it won't work if you are trying to run a microwave, coffeemaker, hair dryer, etc off an inverter. Those things suck batteries down fast.

korbe wrote:We have 225ah of battery and we use about 15 - 20 ah per day.That would be really conservative for most ... to the OP, think more in terms of at least twice that rate of consumption, maybe a 3 day long weekend with that pair of batteries you have, depending on exactly what they are. A 1K genset certainly will take it's time restoring a pair of batts from 50% to 90% but a 2K may not do all that much better if you're running a garden variety WFCO converter as so many are which can't even get out of it's own way when charging. :M For a more accurate assessment you'd have to provide more specific info about the batteries and converter / charger you intend to use.

Good info! Yes. We'll just be cooking on the stove and doing things that don't require cooking like sandwiches. Lol

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GoBeavs
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
Good info! Yes. We'll just be cooking on the stove and doing things that don't require cooking like sandwiches. Lol
SoundGuy
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
korbe wrote:
We have 225ah of battery and we use about 15 - 20 ah per day.

That would be really conservative for most ... to the OP, think more in terms of at least twice that rate of consumption, maybe a 3 day long weekend with that pair of batteries you have, depending on exactly what they are. A 1K genset certainly will take it's time restoring a pair of batts from 50% to 90% but a 2K may not do all that much better if you're running a garden variety WFCO converter as so many are which can't even get out of it's own way when charging. :M For a more accurate assessment you'd have to provide more specific info about the batteries and converter / charger you intend to use.
coolmom42
Explorer II
Mar 16, 2017
You can find the specs here. Max out put is about 8 amps, so running it an hour will put about 8 amp-hours (at most) back in your battery.

If you are conservative, you won't use much electricity at all. Water pump, a few electronics, LED lights, and your consumption is very low. Charge your phones, etc in your tow vehicle while out sight-seeing.

You should be able to go a long time on 2 batteries, with a little boost from this generator occasionally.

Now it won't work if you are trying to run a microwave, coffeemaker, hair dryer, etc off an inverter. Those things suck batteries down fast.
GoBeavs
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
Oh. I like the sound of that! Yes. My TT has all LED lights and I've even purchased some battery operated LED tap lights as well so we're not always using the house batteries. I just want to make sure we have enough power for the water pump, and the rv fridge thermostat and some lights.
korbe
Explorer
Mar 16, 2017
In electrical conserve mode (ECM), we can dry camp for up to a week without the need of a generator. Our camping neighbors are very happy with us. We have 225ah of battery and we use about 15 - 20 ah per day.
Still includes each of us daily navy showers, plenty of LED light use, and normal water pump use.

You may find that you don't need a generator at all.

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