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Re: [GMCnet] Inverter generator? [message #329081 is a reply to message #329080] |
Mon, 12 February 2018 10:32 |
Gary Worobec
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Deb, do you know anyone at Mile High Resort in Logan Lake?
> On Feb 12, 2018, at 8:25 AM, Deb McWade wrote:
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> It's been a while since I've been on board here. But have kept my eye on you all! Spring is coming here (someday!) to the mountains of BC, and I am
> hoping to be able to get the old girl out on the road finally. Never made it last year due to surgery and wildfires!!
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> Aside from finding out whether my winterizing was effective (plumbing-wise), and whether any critters found the coach more comfortable than my
> crawl-space (which is heated and the warmest place in town I think!) my biggest problem (I hope) is going to be the barbarian!! Never did get it to
> run last summer, and when it did turn over she clanked and banged like the wee man himself was inside with a ball-peen hammer. And I really don't
> want to spend the first 6 weeks of the summer trying to get her to work, only to have something else on her fail. She is 40 years old, and not well
> maintained I think by the PO of the PO I got her from. He had it working, then it quit and he was unable to get it running again.
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> I am much more inclined to replace the old unit with either a new on-board generator (Honda or newer Onan), or perhaps one (or 2) smaller portable,
> inverter gennies. I am seriously considering a portable unit - more likely 2 smaller ones in parallel - there's only me and a 100+ pound portable
> generator is hardly portable under those circumstances. Would be easier for me to service rather than it being bolted in-place.
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> I will be travelling with 2 small dogs so I will need to run the a/c to a certain extent, but the coach was very well insulated during it's rebuild,
> it's white so reflects a lot of sun and I don't plan on a lot of boon-docking. I have never been a big a/c person, either in the car or the house, so
> we are all 3 of us used to being a little on the warmer side. I have 2 6V golf cart batteries in the house bay, and was thinking that, with the Onan
> out, I might have room for one or 2 more.
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> The upshot is - I don't mind spending the $$. I am retiring this summer and want to start travelling around. I need something that I know (as much
> as one CAN know these things) will run and I won't have to tinker with to keep it that way. Maintenance is one thing, continuous fiddling and
> finger-crossing is another.
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> Opinions? Suggestions? Has anyone gone the portable route?
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> Thanks. Tìoraidh!
>
> Deb
> --
> Deb McWade
> Logan Lake, BC, CAN
> "Li'l Sister"
> '77 Kingsley, 403, EBL EFI;
> TZE167V101404
> It's Bigger on the Inside!
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Inverter generator?
By: Deb on Mon, 12 February 2018 10:25
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Re: [GMCnet] Inverter generator?
By: Deb on Mon, 12 February 2018 10:52
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By: Deb on Mon, 12 February 2018 10:58
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By: JohnL455 on Mon, 12 February 2018 18:08
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By: RF_Burns on Tue, 13 February 2018 05:47
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By: RF_Burns on Tue, 13 February 2018 08:18
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By: Deb on Tue, 13 February 2018 11:21
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By: Deb on Tue, 13 February 2018 21:45
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By: Deb on Wed, 14 February 2018 09:04
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By: Deb on Tue, 13 February 2018 11:27
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By: Deb on Tue, 13 February 2018 21:49
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By: Deb on Wed, 14 February 2018 20:36
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