panagah Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 I have been offfered a Gennie for my upcoming ski trip. Never really thought of one before, does anyone use one? does it cause ruptions with your neighbours? and are they very heavy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Its only me we have the Honda Genny great bit of power cant travel without it really you just never know . I dont know what we have but it cost £1000 EU ??? escapes me its quiet purrs quietly BUT we only ever use when needs must ..Ie the kids or something (Disabled) i never upset anyone I stay away from them I never have considered putting it on at a campsite or late at night so I show a little respect to my neighbours that way I can expect it back . But good bit of equiptment if you get stuck with the weather ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JudgeMental Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 all generators are reasonably heavy, and you have to carry fuel..... have you twin leisure batteries? are you staying on sites with electricity or Aires? you have a large generator all ready, the vehicle engine. a 20-30 min run of engine will recover flat batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roverman Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 I use a generator most weekends as I go to vintage cars shows and most people have them, I generaly only use it when required to avaoid disturbing those around. There are the few who run them most of the day but very much in the minority, most users do think of others but again some could not care less. The reason I got mine was to keep the wifes wheelchair charged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tracker Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 panagah - 2007-12-11 9:35 PM I have been offfered a Gennie for my upcoming ski trip. Never really thought of one before, does anyone use one? does it cause ruptions with your neighbours? and are they very heavy? Try running it before collecting it and see how noisy it is. If you only want it for occasional daytime use and it's use is a freebie and it is not too heavy and you have safe storage space for it and its fuel you have nowt to lose by giving it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njw Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 my EU 2kw honda runs off gas, i just plug it into bar-bar-q point ,and i never run on petrol as we carry gas anyway what is the point ,it also runs quieter on gas and more economical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Carry Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 If you really want to see how noisy it is go to a quite location wait for nightfall then start the thing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panagah Posted December 12, 2007 Author Share Posted December 12, 2007 Yeah I think in hindsight I might give the idea a miss. I have a decent leisure battery after all. The thought of waking up the neighbours or getting a feeling that I'm camped out on a fairground sight does not fill me with promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky 8 Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 Hiya, I have a honda EU20i which I had converted to propane,so we dont need to carry petrol,run it from a purpose installed gas outlet. I use it to top up the batteries when were wild camping for any length of time,I have used it on sites, but tend to use it during the day so as not to offend anyones tranquility,its not noisey at all and if you place it behind your M/H that should deaden any noise, worth investing in, your completely independent with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffersonCampervan Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 We have one in our Winnebago Rialta - it's fairly common in N.Am. RVs. We don't use it much, mainly out of respect for other motorhomers. About the only time we do use it is when we need to go into a store or attraction where our dog is not allowed. Depending on the weather, we'll park in a distant corner of the lot near the road, and use the genny to run the rooftop a/c for the dog (again, rooftop a/cs are very common in N.Am. RVs). We do think they are too noisy for polite considerate use in most situations, but are glad we have it when we need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolh Posted December 13, 2007 Share Posted December 13, 2007 We've got one but only use it once a year! Like Christmas and New Year, days and days on end without electric, and 12 hungry lights, pump and space heater, not forgetting the tv! It's heavy - and I can't lift or start the damn thing! not got enough 'pull'. :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Hi Well we do and I must say I'm mighty glad I do for skiing anyway. If you are going on the Aires at the skiing resorts unless you are very lucky and get electric (Montegenevre) then you are in for a tough time. Remember that it gets dark at 5 oclock and doesn't get light untill 8 in the morning. I defy any battery to keep you going for much more than two days even the blown air heating requires some electrical power all through the night and solar panels are worth sweet FA for the two or three hours that you will get positive sunshine. We have a honda 1Kw petrol gennie and use it all the time from about 4pm untill about 10-30. At altitude thats about a tank full. Is it anti-social? well no as every Tom, Dick and henri will have them on as well. Ours is quite small compared with some of the French 3 Kw jobbies. Everyone tends to switch them off at about 10 -30 and every one goes to kip when the French version of I want to be a millionaire finishes ( its on all night!). Finally it is hard enough to get a spot in the arie in the first place so you don't want to be leaving your space just to get your battery toped up. Never mind what the Mr glums say take your generator and enjoy your holiday. Ned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panagah Posted December 16, 2007 Author Share Posted December 16, 2007 hi Ned, Thanks for that. Are you suggesting that I might have trouble getting on an Aire? perish the thought. I have 1 or 2 lined up, looks like I had better adjust my plans 8-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 We use our Kipoor 3000 for the 2Kw fan heater to get the van warmed up quickly and for the electric oven in our Rapido 710f. Bit heavy but better than freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 No not quite, but remember the weekends are likely to be the busiest on the Aires. It is best to get in on the friday or monday when even the French have to go to work even for the short time that they appear to do and most skiing aires are up some very squiggley roads. Not something that you want to be doing every day. Come to think about it, the shops don't open until apres midi in france so they might still be around for a final flourish on monday morning!!!!! Ned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Oh and on Sat and Sunday they are expecting heavy snow dump where you are going :D :D :D Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panagah Posted December 17, 2007 Author Share Posted December 17, 2007 Well the Genny I have got is amazing, It's a mitsubishi, suitcase gen. It's really light at under 20kg and dead quiet. With all that snow coming Michelle looks like I might need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 You take it you never know when you might need it . Just enjoy yourselfs and dont worry about anyone . I wish some people would afford me the curtiousy I afforded them . Not in this life time people like that are few and far between you just look after number one all the french will have em let someone else worry about your carbon footprint for the week :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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