padredw
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If your RV has an adequate hitch -and- if your electrical inlet is nearby, you might consider my solution.
![[image]](http://www.dw4u.net/Gen.JPG) My link (link looks the same to me)
Bud's link (copied from his post below)
I give up. I can't get this image to display.
Note the input at the rear of the trailer. Note the input cord on the tray. I can run the 15K AC while driving down the road. I only do so in the heat of summer to cool off the trailer about half hour before arrival at campsite. The generator is a Honda 3000. It provides 30 AMP power to every outlet in the trailer, with the usual constraints of a 30 amp supply.
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enblethen
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Padre your link
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Thanks, Bud, that works. Wonder why it works in your post and never did in mine? I tried several variations; none worked. But this works fine and illustrates my generator.
I will go on to say that I have a 3000 watt inverter which allows me to plug in my power cable just as I would to a campground pedestal and into the same power inlet as the generator or from the campground power. Everything is powered, not that I would try to run everything from the batteries.
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enblethen
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Padredw:
You are not biting your tongue! Maybe you didn't talk right to it!
Could be something in your settings.
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2oldman
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The problem was not posting a link, it was displaying an image. I don't see an image.
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enblethen
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Right click on image and open in new tab
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2oldman
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enblethen wrote:Right click on image and open in new tab That doesn't work. I thought we were talking about displaying an image without any clicking.
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Lantley
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For the record a 3000 watt genset does not have the same power as a 30 amp pedestal. A pedestal has 120 volts x 30 amps = 3600 watts vs. 3000 for the genset.
Not a huge difference and not a deal breaker, but a not quite equal either.
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I've never heard of a pin box mount for a generator. So now I am very curious. Does anybody have a link or more info?
For the OP, I have a portable 3500 watt inverter generator (Harbor Freight). I've used it twice due to all the solar I have. And I have a residential fridge. I can also run an A/C unit off the batteries. And frequently boondock or dry camp. But my solar setup would cost more than a built in generator. I would also prefer to run a portable on gas rather than a built in on propane. Just my preference.
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pin box mounted genset
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