how big of a generator is needed
so the wife and i are going to bite the bullet and get our first travel trailer. i am curious as to how big of a generator we will need to buy for when we are not hooked up to elec power. i have...
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The big Champions have the 30a plug. If you go for 2 of the smaller Champions, the 30a plug is on the parallel adapter. Don't know about the adapters for the small Hondas and other brands. If you are looking at multiple day events of generator running, with the extended run kit for the Champion, you can use as large a tank as you want. You can also keep the generator running when you refill the tank by switching the fuel switch to run from the internal tank when you disconnect the external tank for filling. I just have a 3 gallon boat tank on my kit. So I can get about 6 hours from the internal tank, and another 12 hours from the external tank. With a 6 gallon tank, you can get about 24 hours.
Whatever you get, invest in a good locking mechanism of some sort to keep stuff from walking away.
If we had the option for the larger residential refrigerator, we would have gotten it. As it is, when we camp for longer than a few days, we take another mini-fridge that we plug into the trailer. If we had the residential, we would cool it good before leaving. The more you have in it, the cooler it will stay. A couple of jugs of ice wouldn't hurt either. Then just plug in before you start opening it. Our last trailer had a small fridge that wouldn't run while driving. Also wasn't insulated very well. So we got in the habit of waiting to buy milk and perishables until we got to our destination.
Whatever you get, invest in a good locking mechanism of some sort to keep stuff from walking away.
If we had the option for the larger residential refrigerator, we would have gotten it. As it is, when we camp for longer than a few days, we take another mini-fridge that we plug into the trailer. If we had the residential, we would cool it good before leaving. The more you have in it, the cooler it will stay. A couple of jugs of ice wouldn't hurt either. Then just plug in before you start opening it. Our last trailer had a small fridge that wouldn't run while driving. Also wasn't insulated very well. So we got in the habit of waiting to buy milk and perishables until we got to our destination.
