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With Power Comes Great Freedom – We Have a Generator!

It is now easy to see how stressful it was to always make sure we stayed at campgrounds with electric hook-ups. “Big Sur? Ummm… maybe we could make it one night?” “That boondocking spot looks awesome, but I don’t think we’d last very long.” Some of the best campgrounds we’ve seen or heard about are…

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  • Nick Rudnev

    Do you place it right next to your Airstream or do you run an extension cord to keep the noise down? TnxReplyCancel

    • Jess

      Its not a long cord – but we do try and place it farther away from the Airstream and open windows. Its amazingly quiet!ReplyCancel

  • Andreas Duess

    We just had our solar setup serviced, our charge controller was playing up, and I am surprised by just how much power we’re now getting from our old 100 Watt panel. With regular use, the batteries are almost always at 100% on a sunny day.

    Of course we are not full timing, so our power requirements are probably somewhat lower than yours and on a rainy day or in the shade all bets are off.

    I’ve been thinking about getting a Honda generator myself to give us even more freedom on where we camp. Like you, I think the combination of solar and a backup generator is probably the sweet spot. ReplyCancel

  • Personally, i will prefer to camp with a solar system instead of a generator set because the sound of generator normally get me very irritated.

    ThanksReplyCancel

    • Jess

      Agreed. However, we like to stay in nice shady spots where solar isn’t as useful (Samuel P. Taylor in the rain comes to mind!). I think we will eventually have both – solar for most of our needs, but we can pull out the generator when weather or location inhibits the use of our panels.ReplyCancel

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