wildmanbaker wrote:
timmac wrote:
smkettner wrote:
Trade the Hondas for some solar panels. :B
Still need the ONAN to run the air all day but the solar can run everything else through an inverter or 12v direct.
Best post yet, that's what I would do, sell the Hondas and buy solar panels and a inverter.
Let us know how this works out, especially at dusk. We have a 2000 watt we take boon-docking, just because we don't always need the 5500. At half load, or less the 2000 if very quite, but at full load it is pretty load. A neighbor has a new one that was even louder at full load than ours. To tell you the truth, the ONAN is really quite even when loaded. We use the little one because it runs 4 hours or more on a gallon of gas. Big difference from .8 gallons per hour for the ONAN. As others have said, it is real easy to push the start button on the dash, and have all the power you need. At 10 feet from the ONAN, the only noise we can here is the cooling air flow. It is one of the reasons we bought a MH. In the end, if you have to bring 2, 2000 watt units to supply your needs, it is not worth it.
Why drag another generator and gas can when the onboard Onan does just fine, your not saving that much in gas, the solar panels and inverter works great even after dark, the batteries will last the night, my 5.5 Onan is also quite.
Keep it simple and stupid..
