โJun-23-2019 08:18 AM
โJul-05-2019 08:47 AM
โJul-05-2019 08:06 AM
rvshrinker wrote:Look at the bigger picture, your profile says you have a travel trailer, how many gals of FW does your tank hold? If it is 50 gals or less that will be your limiting factor especially if you have not dry camped before with your wife. A Buddy heater as Bud suggested uses no battery power and will heat a small trailer. With two 6 V GC batteries with lights, water pump, refer on propane mine will last 7 days before they reach 50% SOC and with 60 gals of FW my water tank will be empty. I don't know what other electrical requirement you have. If you take showers every day you will probably use your water up in 5 days or less. Can you get FW in the winter where you ski, how big is your grey tank? Can you dump at the ski area? Not knowing the details of how you camp or your electrical needs it is hard to say if you need a genset or not. My guess you will run out of water before you run out of battery power.
We have boondocked four days easily without, but for skiing this winter and possibly up to one week of boondocking... Saw a used Honda 3000ec available for $750. What will that do for us? How long do I need to run something like that the charge our batteries up? I have two 6v batteries.
โJun-27-2019 06:36 AM
philh wrote:K3WE wrote:
Edit: Also, arguably you probably don't want to heat water with a generator when boon-docking. Probably better to use LP.
If the generator is already running, AND you have capacity, why wouldn't you use electric to heat water?
โJun-26-2019 08:37 PM
โJun-25-2019 06:23 PM
โJun-25-2019 05:14 PM
K3WE wrote:
Edit: Also, arguably you probably don't want to heat water with a generator when boon-docking. Probably better to use LP.
โJun-25-2019 03:13 PM
โJun-25-2019 06:59 AM
rvshrinker wrote:
That's an interesting link, over my head a lot of it... I have left our rig plugged into a 110 socket for months at a time. It runs the fridge and LED lights and in the winter the furnace on subfreezing nights, maybe 20 nights per year. Battery panel always says fully charged but I've never tried to look in closer detail. I've also never, gulp, checked the water level. Have had rig almost two years. I'll try to figure that out today.
We are building a true 30 and 50 amp hookup this summer.
โJun-25-2019 06:31 AM
SoundGuy wrote:rvshrinker wrote:
Saw a used Honda 3000ec available for $750.bikendan wrote:
That's a great price for a Honda 3000i.
Problem is, the OP didn't say it was an EU3000i or even an EU3000iS so we really don't know what genset the OP is talking about. AFAIK there's no such thing as a Honda "3000ec" ... who knows, maybe it's an open frame genset. It's also hard to believe anyone would be selling an EU3000i or EU3000iS for just $750.
โJun-25-2019 06:13 AM
โJun-24-2019 11:44 AM
โJun-24-2019 10:48 AM
valhalla360 wrote:pianotuna wrote:
Hi,
The microwave draws 1561 watts and the water heater 1400. Adding in the fridge is another 325 watts. One would have to rely on the water heater and fridge being in the off part of their duty cycle, or there might be quite a bit of voltage drop.
The advantage is the ability to run the roof air conditioner.valhalla360 wrote:
Reality, is you can run the microwave, TV & fridge simultaneously. Possibly the water heater but that's pushing it a bit.
That's awfully specific...where did he list the microwave model? Some microwaves go that high but I've also seen smaller 600-800w models and you can use lower power settings.
But as I said, running microwave and water-heater simultaneously gets iffy...even at 800 + 1400 if the charger kicks on at 50amp/12v...you are pushing the limits of a 3000w generator...which is likely rated for a lower amount in continuous duty.
3000w is plenty for air/con. We run on a 2600w yamaha. (no, not with microwave and hot water heater but TV, fridge and lights we've never had a problem).
โJun-24-2019 08:43 AM
pianotuna wrote:
Hi,
The microwave draws 1561 watts and the water heater 1400. Adding in the fridge is another 325 watts. One would have to rely on the water heater and fridge being in the off part of their duty cycle, or there might be quite a bit of voltage drop.
The advantage is the ability to run the roof air conditioner.valhalla360 wrote:
Reality, is you can run the microwave, TV & fridge simultaneously. Possibly the water heater but that's pushing it a bit.
โJun-24-2019 07:05 AM
valhalla360 wrote:
Reality, is you can run the microwave, TV & fridge simultaneously. Possibly the water heater but that's pushing it a bit.