cdivrmike wrote: Just like Winkyb I bought my 5800 watt generator just in case of hurricanes. I have yet to take it out of the box.
I have not used mine much. I got the new ones. But that is pretty cheap Hurricane insurance. but have used both a little the 6000 when the power went out for a few hours and the 3000 I do use now and then on our trailer like when I get to a camp ground early and have to Waite for my camping spot to open up. As you know with out air down here for any length of time in a box with out air is not good. If I had know the big Generator would keep the hurricanes away wish I had got it before the 110 foot tree landed on my kitchen enduring Charley.
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bfast54 wrote: Even though I have my Quiet genny, I saw one last night .............NO ONE would want to be by............12 Cyl-Cummins Diesel in a commercial building, This "Binford 6000" uses 5000 Gallons of diesel, in 10 hours.............BUT, it will power the building the same size as a small town!!!!!!!!!!
I got a .......... just seeing it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5000Gal in 10 hours?!?!?!?!? That's like 500Gal/hr!!! Good Lord, I'd hate to have the fuel bill for that beast! Heck, even the old Detroit Diesel 8V71 Screamin' Jimmy's we have at work for our backup power only draw 10Gal/hr. And the one at the station powers the entire complex! It could probably power most of the residential area of town if given the chance.
And our hilltop 8V71's have to have 60KW heater grids on them just to load them down enough to run properly. And they still only draw 10Gal/hr from the tanks.
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Hey, tell me about it.................., I was shocked to hear about the thirst of this Genny, but it powers the whole Casino, Hotel, and god knows what else, at the NEW place about to open up here................WE are paying the FUEL bill.
It is just for emergencies, they don't want to loose any income!!
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We are on the last night of a wonderful 11 day trip with our TT. We spent most of the time at State and National parks with no power hookups. Grand Canyon North Rim, Goblin Valley SP in Utah were where we spent most of the time. Temps were very cold at night, especially at the North rim and we used our Honda EU2000I running on Eco mode to charge our batteries during the day. Our furnace is a power hog and it ran much of the night. We do have an excellent converter charger in the PD9260 and 2 golf cart 6V batteries, but what juice you take out, you must replace. We dry camp most often and as I really appreciate quiet, and this was the best answer for us. We did have a camper move in to the next site at Goblin valley with one of the famous Champions and it rattled the whole campground. He ran it all the way up to 10 pm. You could not hear our Honda 15 feet away over the noise of his over 50 ft away..Fortunately, for us, it was our last night there.
In answer to the OP.. We dry camp more often then not and bought the lightest, quietest and most fuel efficient generator we could find to serve our purposes. Worth every penny. Love it..
I have a yamaha 2400 and it is a DREAM. Also have a kyrocera 130 solar panel that keeps up the trojans (t-105's).You can't run the a/c with solar, unless you really spend some cash! Dry-camping is all there is for me...the hell with a lot number and screaming kids.
bfast54 wrote: Hey, tell me about it.................., I was shocked to hear about the thirst of this Genny, but it powers the whole Casino, Hotel, and god knows what else, at the NEW place about to open up here................WE are paying the FUEL bill.
It is just for emergencies, they don't want to loose any income!!
I guess. At that fuel flow, you'd have a REAL hefty bill for a serious power outage. I was discussing fuel costs with my boss the other day. Right now, power that be in our Gov't are considering removing our 8V71's (both station and hilltop) and replacing them with Duetz 3-cyl diesels. These things are supposed to burn only about 3-4 gal/hr, yet still handle the loads they'll be presented. That might take some of the sting out of our power outage fuel bills.
A TT/5'ver is just not complete without a generator if you want to fully utilize all options provided. At the minimum, you will need a small generator or solar power to charge your battery if you want to use your toys for more than two days in row.
While I don't need my generator often, when I need it, I REALLY need it since I live in the hot humid deep South. You have to be able to run the A/C to survive down here. I have a Honda EU3000is with which I have been pleased. Spending that much money was a really big deal for me, but I'm glad that I made the choice that I did. It has also come in handy when the electricity has been out.
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............12 Cyl-Cummins Diesel in a commercial building, This "Binford 6000" uses 5000 Gallons of diesel, in 10 hours
.............BUT, it will power the building the same size as a small town!!!!!!!!!!
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