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Re: Inverter generator? [message #329084 is a reply to message #329082] Mon, 12 February 2018 10:58 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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lqqkatjon wrote on Mon, 12 February 2018 08:50
I think it is important to be able to run the generator if needed while driving down the road for air conditioning and possible counter measure for failed alternator.

Look at power consumption compared to what you may or may-not need in a generator. My new roof air is very effecient and needs a much smaller generator then the original one to run it. With that I see no need to parallel two portable generators.


Not having run my current a/c (which appear to be the originals, one front one rear), I don't know the power consumption on it. I have considered upgrading to the newer Dometic perhaps. But your point about running the a/c while driving is a good one, and probably the main reason that makes me still really consider the on-board generator. My only reasoning for paralleling 2 portables was to be able to get 2 smaller gennies (eg 2x2000 at about 50 lbs each) that I could actually "port" by myself rather than one larger one that would be too much for my old back to manage to haul in and out at the end of the day.


Deb McWade Logan Lake, BC, CAN GMC Alumnus It's Bigger on the Inside!
 
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