Generator

I can buy a generator for less than $100.00 that will charge my battery in just a few hours. It will charge it when it rains, it will charge when it is cloudy and it will charger it in the shade.

The generator will be noisy, smelly, require me to carry extra gas and give me one more piece of junk to haul around and maintain.

When I want to truly camp it involves a canoe and a tent and a remote location. Unfortunately those trips are rare. Usually I am RVing with the public with whatever conveniences the CG provides.

Out West, boon docking on public land was common. Here in the Midwest less so.

All of this of course is just my opinion but in answer to the OPs question, my choice would be an inverter type generator of about 3 KW.

It will be about as quiet and efficient as any.

Hi,

My costs for generators averages $2.56 per day. My costs for solar are $0.57 per day. Sounds to me as if solar is extremely cheap.

rbpru wrote:
Solar is quiet but requires some degree of sunshine and adapting to intermittent power consumption. It is not cheap.

The problem with generators is they all make noise. Some more than others.

However so do radios, drunks and guitar players.

If you are going to stay at a public CG you will have to put up with the public.

The Public has many different definitions of camping. Not all agree with what I like to do.

Solar is quiet but requires some degree of sunshine and adapting to intermittent power consumption. It is not cheap.

The problem with generators is they all make noise. Some more than others.

However so do radios, drunks and guitar players.

If you are going to stay at a public CG you will have to put up with the public.

The Public has many different definitions of camping. Not all agree with what I like to do.

Time2roll,

Better yet, why can't he get solar?

I was camping in with the tenting crowd a few weeks ago. A couple of travel trailers mixed in and the guy next to me idled his Honda 2000 6+ hours a day. Very annoying. Quarter mile away was the hookup sites... why can't he park there?

Marauderer wrote:
I have a Puma TT and need 30A service. I bought the Honda 3000w generator. Pricey but our neighbors really appreciate it and I don't like to be a burden and bother anyone. The only shortcoming is weight. It is heavy and it is all the wife and I can do to get it in/out of the truck. Most of the time I can get help from another camper but, there are times that we can't. Some of my friends have two of the Honda 2000w generators that they run in parallel and it is a lot easier to move them around individually than the one 3000w unit.

I have an old Boliy 3600 unit, it's a Yamaha clone, but it's only 75lbs.. easy for me to move.

My Honda 2000 works without problems for any general use. If I want the AC, then I need to link 2 generators for enough power. I agree to check the park out ahead of time for generator use -- I'm looking at installing solar panels to help me in parks I want to go that say no generator use is allowed.

drsteve wrote:
Home Depot has these for $999...

Is that an "Open Frame" model that everyone hates?

"EG2800i operates between 61 to 69 dB (A)"

So, at 2800 watts it is about the same loudness as the much hated open frame Champion 3500/4000 which can be purchased for 1/3 the price.

Nice unit.

Home Depot has these for $999...

GrandpaKip wrote:
Sorry, I am not familiar with all the Champions. It was yellow, I could read Champ and I could see a 3, and it was noisy. It was on the back of a fiver and some bikes were by it. Really don't care what brand it was, just happened to notice.

I understand. Sort of like saying, " All Ford's are no good because my Uncle had one that backed over Aunt Mary". Come to think of it, it was yellow too. In fact, it might have been a Chevy. Mary never knew the difference.