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Looking to purchase a generator for ball games and other travels for a 40' Montana Fifth wheel. Looking at a Champion 7500w duel fuel with 30 and 50 amp plug ins. Anyone have any experience with this or any other units. All thoughts and advice are appreciate.
The reason I replaced it is I realized I didn't need anywhere near that much power, the noise was ridiculous for camping and I just like the idea of built in dual fuel .for a in my 30Ft TT. I have two AC units, which requires 50amp plug. I came to the replacement conclusion after many trips (we camp alot) and realized all we needed was one a/c here in Central Texas and a couple fans. I use these
so that we may run them of our battery system when we did not require generator power.
The change made for an easier transport, reduced noise, dual fuel (we never carry a gas can anymore), and most importantly adequate power for our 15k A/C unit. I spent the money twice in short and should have just bitten the bullet and bought 3100 first.
Note: the generator does not help much with recharging deep cycle batteries quickly if that is your purpose, if recharge rate is your main purpose spend the money on lithium batteries as they can take a direct charge (very fast charging even with the 3100). If you have any further questions, leme know.
Bhead great post to give Raven17 a better idea. 7500 watt is really over kill. As you said it would be loud and I would think annoying after awhile. That 3100 looks pretty nice.
Raven17 here is a chart just to give an idea and keep in mind this would be a continuous sound.
I think anything over about 62db begins to get loud for a campground setting. We had an older Honda non inverter type 2500 generator several years ago that was rated at 69db I think and it was loud. We now have two Honda EU2000i generators and to tell the truth we seldom use both together because we try to camp at altitudes at or above 7000 feet most of the time, don't need the AC. If you do end up with a generator that's a little on the loud side you can build an enclosure of some kind to help quieten it down some. I've seen actual enclosures on the internet for Honda and Yamaha generators ready built but where a little pricey.
I also ran across a National Parks instruction stating to not allow anything above 60db but they arrived at the 60db by using the A-Weighted Scale at 50 feet? I am not to sure what that means in real life. I spent my Navy career working on jet engines and can tell you that standing beside an F18 both engines in max burner on the Cats is loud. Only thing louder was an A6 non afterburner engines.
Bill
I second the champion 3100/3500watt inverter generator. Have a 3 year old 3100 gas version. Runs one ac easily, or off, can run the rest of the trailer easily. It's quiet. We do full weekend tailgates for football games, where the generator is started Friday afternoon, doesn't get shutdown until Sunday afternoon. Uses less than 10 gallons the whole weekend running ac all night both nights.
You will not be happy with the noise of a portable non inverter generator of any brand.
Have the same unit as 69CJ in post 8. Have it in front compartment also, runs off the two 40 lb propane tanks. Starts from outside or inside remote start/stop switches. Its great for using microwave on a quick lunch stop on the side of the road. We also will run the generator while traveling on hot temperature days to run our AC units. It's not loud, so have never been in a situation where a neighbor complained of generator noise.
The reason I replaced it is I realized I didn't need anywhere near that much power, the noise was ridiculous for camping and I just like the idea of built in dual fuel .for a in my 30Ft TT. I have two AC units, which requires 50amp plug. I came to the replacement conclusion after many trips (we camp alot) and realized all we needed was one a/c here in Central Texas and a couple fans. I use these https://www.amazon.com/Fan-Tastic-01...ds=trailer+fan so that we may run them of our battery system when we did not require generator power.
The change made for an easier transport, reduced noise, dual fuel (we never carry a gas can anymore), and most importantly adequate power for our 15k A/C unit. I spent the money twice in short and should have just bitten the bullet and bought 3100 first.
Note: the generator does not help much with recharging deep cycle batteries quickly if that is your purpose, if recharge rate is your main purpose spend the money on lithium batteries as they can take a direct charge (very fast charging even with the 3100). If you have any further questions, leme know.
Thanks,
Sean
I have a 40 ft. fifth wheel with 2 15k ac units. I have a Honda eu3000is that I purchased when I had a previous 30 amp travel trailer. The Honda generator won't run the ac units on my fifth wheel. Even one of the units, as soon as the ac kicks on it pops the fuse on the generator or sometimes the fifth wheel. I'm going to purchase the same generator the OP posted. There is nothing worse than not having enough power to run the ac units. Everyone including the dog is miserable. It is better to have more than enough power than not enough. As for the noise, I have a 50 foot cord so I'll move it away from the rig.
I have a 40 ft. fifth wheel with 2 15k ac units. I have a Honda eu3000is that I purchased when I had a previous 30 amp travel trailer. The Honda generator won't run the ac units on my fifth wheel. Even one of the units, as soon as the ac kicks on it pops the fuse on the generator or sometimes the fifth wheel. I'm going to purchase the same generator the OP posted. There is nothing worse than not having enough power to run the ac units. Everyone including the dog is miserable. It is better to have more than enough power than not enough. As for the noise, I have a 50 foot cord so I'll move it away from the rig.
I bought the Honda eu7000is generator. Runs both AC's and the TV and lights with no problem. It's on the expensive side but worth every penny. It's extremely quiet and you can literally hold a conversation while standing next to it.
was going to suggest the same thing. It is not a power issue. A few years back the AC manufacturers starting leaving what are called "hard start" kits out of the AC units to save money. They are cheap and even my Yamaha 2000 can start most AC units if they have the kit.
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