Fat Freddy
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Ok I was reading the thread on people with RVs or not and in the discussion loud generators was brought up. I know absolutely nothing about generators except will probably need one and I have will have very limited funds, so money is a very major issue but I want to be considerate to others as well as ourselves.
For the most part my needs are not to bad. I bought an old 1972 18ft camper, and had lots of small work done on it. But it is not set up currently as a typical camper that runs the fridge on propane or 12volt or electric. It is all regular household type plug in. I would call it a 110 plug in but I am sure that is not right.
In the camper itself we have a dorm size fridge and the interior lights. Outside we will have a string of canopy lights and maybe a Guru. We want to have an air conditioner. I was told a roof mounted is not feasible, so realistically I am looking at a portable(lots of questions) or a window unit. This is where my generator question is.
In the other thread I was reading not to have a loud or commercial generator, which I completely understand and agree with, but I dont know what is considered to loud in terms of decibel levels. According to one generator(Generac) website I would need a generator over 3500 watt with a window A/C.
I would much rather have a Honda but the cost is way out of what i can come up with and it seems like all the quieter generators are not at least 3500 watt. So I called Camping World and asked them about generators and my needs primarily quiet and they told me the Champion 4000 Watt is the most popular with RVers. Its decibel level is 68 which seems substantially higher than the Honda, but in easy to understand terms I dont know if it is to loud. I did find cheaper but even louder generators I dont want to mess with.I did find an enclosed Generac I really like but it says it is only a 2000 watt.
Any help that I can understand in Comp use is appreciated. I know what I need but I want to be considerate of others. I did find on the Honda website a decibel chart and it says the 68 decibel is like a vacuum cleaner.
For the most part my needs are not to bad. I bought an old 1972 18ft camper, and had lots of small work done on it. But it is not set up currently as a typical camper that runs the fridge on propane or 12volt or electric. It is all regular household type plug in. I would call it a 110 plug in but I am sure that is not right.
In the camper itself we have a dorm size fridge and the interior lights. Outside we will have a string of canopy lights and maybe a Guru. We want to have an air conditioner. I was told a roof mounted is not feasible, so realistically I am looking at a portable(lots of questions) or a window unit. This is where my generator question is.
In the other thread I was reading not to have a loud or commercial generator, which I completely understand and agree with, but I dont know what is considered to loud in terms of decibel levels. According to one generator(Generac) website I would need a generator over 3500 watt with a window A/C.
I would much rather have a Honda but the cost is way out of what i can come up with and it seems like all the quieter generators are not at least 3500 watt. So I called Camping World and asked them about generators and my needs primarily quiet and they told me the Champion 4000 Watt is the most popular with RVers. Its decibel level is 68 which seems substantially higher than the Honda, but in easy to understand terms I dont know if it is to loud. I did find cheaper but even louder generators I dont want to mess with.I did find an enclosed Generac I really like but it says it is only a 2000 watt.
Any help that I can understand in Comp use is appreciated. I know what I need but I want to be considerate of others. I did find on the Honda website a decibel chart and it says the 68 decibel is like a vacuum cleaner.