Cold weather, generators, and campgrounds
My wife and I were at Yellowstone the past few days at NPS campground Madison, which is run by Xanterra. It was pretty cold and snowy for several days, not extreme, but a little "rough" for mid-Octob...
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tommyznr wrote:
My cartoon bubble:
#1: Man did you hear all those generators last night cycling on and off? I hardly slept a wink.
#2 Uhh, that was our furnace fan cycling on and off all night.
yup furnace is noisy, that is why we have a setback thermostat, set to 50F at night, set to 70 at 6:30AM as our "alarm clock" in 30 minutes trailer is then reasonably warm. Quilt keeps us comfy.
Personally I don't get a good nights sleep if the furnace is set to a temp that has it cycling during the night. Keeps waking me up.
But the outside noise from a furnace (at least both of our trailer furnaces) is NOT very loud at all, hard to hear even 10ft away. But nearby generator definitely can be heard inside the trailer.
IMHO in a designated campground running a generator at night is an extreme example of selfishness and inconsideration for others. It's an "I'm more important than you" message to me. Just plain rude.
Boondocking with no one else around, go for it,
