securing a genny ??
looking to buy a small genny (honda, yamaha champion etc) for our new to us 21 ft TT. want it so when traveling and stop at night we have power for A/C etc> MY QUESTION...........looking for suggesti...
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I have been hauling my 2KW generator in the tail gate corner of my truck for a few years now. Its a 2KW and is not big enough to power up the 13,500 roof air conditioner. I use it to power up the trailer shore power cable to allow the on-board converter/charger unit to re-charge my batteries every morning around 8AM when allowed to run the generator. It takes around three hours to get my batteries back up to their 90% charge state.
This is my 2KW Generator in action at a public campground that allows the use of generators...
My generator sits secured to the inside bed area and is covered with my lockable FOLD-A-COVER bed cover. When I need to run the generator I just pull it out onto the tailgate and point the exhaust away from things... Being out of sight for me is the best defense for keeping the generator safe. I would not dream of leaving the generator unattended sitting on the rear bumper or anywhere around the trailer in plain view. My 2KW Honda goes where I go... A thief can remove almost anything they want to steal in just a few minutes using the battery powered cutting tools available these days... A generator sitting unattended on the rear of a trailer or on the ground unattended chained to the trailer would be a perfect target for them.
We have found that most public campgrounds including the Natl Forest public areas have generator run time restrictions in place and does not allow the use of generators all night long... With all of this in mind we went the beefing up of the BATTERY SYSTEM of our OFF-ROAD TRAILER to run all the things we want to have running using the battery bank. No generator involved here.
Pulling off the road on trips might work. Actually I very seldom hear anyone running their generator at rest stops or WALMART parking lots...
Out West where more DISPERSED camping is allowed in the wide open areas perhaps more folks can use the generators when they want to...
Of course at any private owned places like fishing camps or NASCAR you can do whatever you want as long as the property owner agrees to it I reckon...
Seems like everyone want to have their air conditioners going all the time. We only do this at Electric camp Sites and really don't need much of that when camping off the power grids like we normally do.
Just my thoughts
Roy Ken
This is my 2KW Generator in action at a public campground that allows the use of generators...
My generator sits secured to the inside bed area and is covered with my lockable FOLD-A-COVER bed cover. When I need to run the generator I just pull it out onto the tailgate and point the exhaust away from things... Being out of sight for me is the best defense for keeping the generator safe. I would not dream of leaving the generator unattended sitting on the rear bumper or anywhere around the trailer in plain view. My 2KW Honda goes where I go... A thief can remove almost anything they want to steal in just a few minutes using the battery powered cutting tools available these days... A generator sitting unattended on the rear of a trailer or on the ground unattended chained to the trailer would be a perfect target for them.
We have found that most public campgrounds including the Natl Forest public areas have generator run time restrictions in place and does not allow the use of generators all night long... With all of this in mind we went the beefing up of the BATTERY SYSTEM of our OFF-ROAD TRAILER to run all the things we want to have running using the battery bank. No generator involved here.
Pulling off the road on trips might work. Actually I very seldom hear anyone running their generator at rest stops or WALMART parking lots...
Out West where more DISPERSED camping is allowed in the wide open areas perhaps more folks can use the generators when they want to...
Of course at any private owned places like fishing camps or NASCAR you can do whatever you want as long as the property owner agrees to it I reckon...
Seems like everyone want to have their air conditioners going all the time. We only do this at Electric camp Sites and really don't need much of that when camping off the power grids like we normally do.
Just my thoughts
Roy Ken
