Thursday, November 20, 2008




RV ENERGY

What are the options for rv energy? It appears there is a spectrum in terms of powering one's rv. On the one hand is the solar option: quiet and environmentally friendly. In the middle of the spectrum there might be a relatively quiet Honda generator. At the other end are the construction site type generators that tend toward being exteremly noisy and obnoxious. Currently we have a Honda generator but we feel sheepish when firing it up and we try to be as unobtrusive as we can. We are looking into the solar option because that fits with our sensibilities. Of course if you are not boondocking the other option is plugging into the electrical outlet. There are various world views and life situations that determine these choices but I can't help but think that using a generator that is meant to power a construction site isn't a neighborly machine to use in close proximity to other campers. What are these people thinking?




1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I guess people who already had a construction site generator bring it along on their winter snowbirding trips, just to save money. But it's torture being less than a half a mile from them.