Solar or generator for older camper?
I have an 89 Lance camper and plan on dry camping with my wife and toddler daughter. I'd like to know people's opinions on adding solar versus plopping the dough on a Honda Generator. I'd ultimate...
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The Honda EU1000i is very light (less than 29 lbs.) and physically small. Could it be carried on custom made angle-iron rails up inside the body voids between one of the rear fenders and the truck's frame? My pickup has quite a bit of wasted space up in there.
If the room is up in there, this little generator could easily be lifted up (laying on your back on the ground), slid onto the custom made angle-iron rails, and then fastened into place with large finger turned wing-nuts ... for travel. The gas for it could be carried in a jerry can off the front or back bumper ... or maybe even in a saddle-bag tank mounted inside the body void in the rear on the opposite side from where the generator is stored.
The "cleanest look" for generator power in a TC would be the saddle-bag gas tank on one side and a saddle-bag carry of the generator on the other side.
This little generator probably could not power an air conditioner - except for maybe a 5000 BTU one - which might be all that a small TC would require. It could perhaps power a small microwave oven, and of course it could easily recharge the batteries any time of the day and in any weather.
You could also have solar panels on top of the camper, in addition to the much higher powered Honda EU1000i generator.
If the room is up in there, this little generator could easily be lifted up (laying on your back on the ground), slid onto the custom made angle-iron rails, and then fastened into place with large finger turned wing-nuts ... for travel. The gas for it could be carried in a jerry can off the front or back bumper ... or maybe even in a saddle-bag tank mounted inside the body void in the rear on the opposite side from where the generator is stored.
The "cleanest look" for generator power in a TC would be the saddle-bag gas tank on one side and a saddle-bag carry of the generator on the other side.
This little generator probably could not power an air conditioner - except for maybe a 5000 BTU one - which might be all that a small TC would require. It could perhaps power a small microwave oven, and of course it could easily recharge the batteries any time of the day and in any weather.
You could also have solar panels on top of the camper, in addition to the much higher powered Honda EU1000i generator.
