Boondocking and using a Generator while sleeping ???

[dotcommer]

We purchased a 2016 Class A Thor Challenger and I was going through the manual and it says to never run the generator while sleeping.

We have carbon monoxide detectors inside the RV, front and back and we will be boondocking on a few of the nights at Flying Jay's truck stops as we drive back to Arizona this week from the east coast.

We had the generator running while driving from Florida to Connecticut as it was hot during the day, and there seem to be no issues with the Generator and already boondocked one night and had the generator running all night. (this was before reading the manual)

Should I be scared to have the generator running while we sleep? As it will be hot in the evening during our trip?

Thanks

[tropical36]

MRUSA wrote:

Pangaea Ron wrote:
Please don't camp next to us while running your generator all night. We've been exposed to generator exhaust and noise upwind from us which is very unpleasant with our windows open. Many CG's or RV parks do not allow it. What's wrong with ceiling or room fans and open windows.

In Anacortes, WA, nothing. In Florida in August, there’s plenty wrong with it.

Are you kidding me and we once tried that in a PA rest area, in Aug.
Soap and towel was all that was needed, for a bath....lol
In FL, next to impossible.

[MRUSA]

Pangaea Ron wrote:
Please don't camp next to us while running your generator all night. We've been exposed to generator exhaust and noise upwind from us which is very unpleasant with our windows open. Many CG's or RV parks do not allow it. What's wrong with ceiling or room fans and open windows.

In Anacortes, WA, nothing. In Florida in August, there’s plenty wrong with it.

[BriaBeck]

RVER wrote:

Some people just think it is about them and them alone and be damned with quiet hours in a campground or wherever.

Some people just think it is all about them and them alone and be damned with having to know that another camper is staying cool with the AC running off of a generator that they can't even hear.

[doc_brown]

My onboard generator is on for up to 5 days to keep the ac’s working while I boondock.

[tropical36]

RVER wrote:
EVEN WALMART has quiet hours for US, they can have trucks coming and going all night but we should abide by quiet hours wherever we are UNLESS it is unhealthy to do so, if it is 90degrees outside then A/C is important esp for elderly etc.IT is not the safest thing to sleep while the genset is running but if you have good CO monitors etc. I hope you wake up.
Some people just think it is about them and them alone and be damned with quiet hours in a campground or wherever.

Are you kidding me, many trucks in Walmart's are either idling all night long or running a refrigeration compressor or other. You just got to get away from them, at the other end of the lot, if it's a bother.
Actually, Walmart would be better served, by not allowing kids to be partying in the middle of their lots and in the middle of the night. This we've observed on more than one occasion, but I do get it, with some of these nowhere small towns, not offering much for entertainment.

[Farmboy666]

RVER wrote:
EVEN WALMART has quiet hours for US, they can have trucks coming and going all night but we should abide by quiet hours wherever we are UNLESS it is unhealthy to do so, if it is 90degrees outside then A/C is important esp for elderly etc.IT is not the safest thing to sleep while the genset is running but if you have good CO monitors etc. I hope you wake up.
Some people just think it is about them and them alone and be damned with quiet hours in a campground or wherever.

Can anybody recall the last time they heard about bodies being found in an RV and it was the generators fault.

[RVER]

EVEN WALMART has quiet hours for US, they can have trucks coming and going all night but we should abide by quiet hours wherever we are UNLESS it is unhealthy to do so, if it is 90degrees outside then A/C is important esp for elderly etc.IT is not the safest thing to sleep while the genset is running but if you have good CO monitors etc. I hope you wake up.
Some people just think it is about them and them alone and be damned with quiet hours in a campground or wherever.

[Tinstar]

Pangaea Ron wrote:
What's wrong with ceiling or room fans and open windows.

I know the answer to this one. Check your location and his location. Even home location you have to compare Washington vs Arizona.

[Farmboy666]

the silverback wrote:
Your neighbors will love you!!!!

I don't see the problem, my AC is louder than my generator.

[the_silverback]

Your neighbors will love you!!!!

[Bill_Satellite]

I have run the genset over night many times. While working in New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina, the generator ran for 9 days 24 hours a day. Sleep with the windows open? Oh heck no! It was still 80+ and 80% humidity at midnight!
The funniest story was the guy who came by my RV after spending a night in a Wal-Mart parking lot. We ran the generator all night and he came by in the morning and explained the "rules" that RVers should never run their generators after 9 or 10 PM as a courtesy to others. You will have to imagine the words I used to explain to this idiot just how poorly informed he was about the generator "rules" in a Wal-Mart parking lot.

[tropical36]

dotcommer wrote:
We purchased a 2016 Class A Thor Challenger and I was going through the manual and it says to never run the generator while sleeping.

We have carbon monoxide detectors inside the RV, front and back and we will be boondocking on a few of the nights at Flying Jay's truck stops as we drive back to Arizona this week from the east coast.

We had the generator running while driving from Florida to Connecticut as it was hot during the day, and there seem to be no issues with the Generator and already boondocked one night and had the generator running all night. (this was before reading the manual)

Should I be scared to have the generator running while we sleep? As it will be hot in the evening during our trip?

Thanks

I have no qualms about our quiet diesel up front.
Not so sure about a clattering gas unit under my bed.
Either way, it's probably safe enough, with the detectors working probably.

[magicbus]

Having taken a few years off from the road and living on a boat, I can tell you boat owners run their gensets without a thought when at anchor instead of a dock.

Dave

[FloridaRosebud]

RVER wrote:
THEY (THOR) probably knows that they did not vent the generator well and do not want you to use while sleeping since it can enter your rig and you would not know it. I would not do it and why would you? A/C at night? NO just open the windows and put wet face cloths on if need be but running the gen while sleeping is a bad idea for anyone and many places require you to shut them down at 10 pm anyway since they will keep up the whole area.

Really??? Come on down to Florida and try the windows and wet face cloths....

Al