Freep wrote:
....but I also have a gen and I hate using it because it's incredibly loud.
Right there is the problem - for those of us RV'ers with those (expensive) built-in generators that we won't use because they're too loud (and/or vibrate the coach too much): Manufacturers should not install them improperly so the generators wind up being so intrusive, and us buyers should not buy those RVs with unusable (and expensive) generators in them - speaking with our wallets at shopping time would change things fast.
We were blessed by a good Winnebago built-in install ... so it's generator is actually very useful. We wouldn't have bought our RV without it and knowing now what I know about what's possible .... would never buy another RV with a too-loud or too-shaky generator installation.