Boatycall wrote:
I'm only throwing this out there, but have you considered possibly an extra battery or two and an inverter? I'm a HUGE fan of inverters over generators. That and a couple solar panels and you'd be set.
Inverters do not drive large roof top A/C units, and I already have three heavy deep cycles and an inverter.
With my original camper, I was able to get by on a 1500watt generator, but I had a little A/C unit. Now, I have a large A/C unit, one of the old Duo-Therm Quick cools, and am stuck looking for a 3200watt generator.
The Onan popped up for $500, so I figured I'd do a little investigating.
NRALIFR wrote:
The Generac's that used to be installed in TC's by Lance and others were 3600 watts. It looks like Generac has gotten out of the built-in RV generator business though. Honda also left that market a few years back. It looks like the only manufacturer of the smaller built-in RV gen-sets that you could use in a TC now is Cummins Onan.
2500 watt is probably about as small as I would go, but it's going to be dependent on what you expect to run on it. If you want to be able to turn the A/C and microwave on at the same time the reefer is running on AC power and the battery charger is pumping out max amps, 2.5K might not be big enough.
:):)
Aye, given I have the Duo-Therm, and it came off a fifth wheel, I'm looking at likely needing at least 3200watts, the unit in question is a 4000 watt unit, so its in the ball park of wattage needed.
