Generators- how much is enough/too little

[Sweetbriar]

Originally Posted by 08Carriage

how much is enough/too little is what started this thread
I say minimum 4000 but 5000 better

Agreed

[RangeMaggotBob]

All the answers to your questions can be found under the "Search" heading.

[RangeMaggotBob]

Originally Posted by 325BH

Yup. Same exact reason I bought two eu2000i generators (one is the companion with 30 amp plug). Many folks don’t realize the options you have with this combo.

Same for us. Nothing more to say. It's all been hashed out a thousand times. Weight, reliability, etc. etc.

[Yosemite77]

Originally Posted by RangeMaggotBob

All the answers to your questions can be found under the "Search" heading.

I don’t see what’s wrong with asking questions on a forum such as this. Asking questions and reading responses is how you learn. New products come out, new links are provided, and reviews may change over time.
The vast majority of topics and questions have been covered before to varying degrees. A forum that contained only topics on which questions had never been asked would be a pretty sad (and small) forum.

[Lafitte1]

This works for me on a 50amp 5th wheel with two 15000 BTU air units


6300 ISDE
Carry in bed of truck, ahead of hitch. It is heavy , so I built a dolly / cart for it. It is QUIET , expensive , reliable and runs my whole rig . Have had other contractor grade generators , but this is my "Cadillac" .

[tuffr2]

To add a tiny bit to the conversation. At my house I have normal 15amp and one 20amp outlet.

I can run a 15,000btu A/C unit if I plug into the 20amp outlet. I can not run that A/C unit on the 15amp outlet.

This verifies much of what others are telling you.

[Wundertaker]

I have forest river Silverback 33 RE...with one AC..I have the 2000 watt champion that I really like. Does not run AC but I knew that before I bought it. Only 48 pounds and I can link two together if I want. Works well for me...much less$$$ than hondas too!

[kksalmon]

We went big! Yamaha 6300 watt (200# dry weight). But we also want to be able to use it at our house. So I'm going to work with my local welding shop this spring to fabricate a winch to get in and out of the front storage. I think/hope they can make it happen. Anyone reading this thread with suggestions let me know.

[kksalmon]

That's the one I have. I'm afraid to leave it in the back of the truck, so I'm going to work with my local weld shop to fabricate a winch and swing arm to get it in and out of the front storage.

[Mr_D]

Originally Posted by Jeff6146

BTW your going to need at least a 11,000 Kw generator for your rig

Where are you going to put that size gen? My 12.5 Kw weighs just under 800#'s. An 11,000 Kw gen is just over 80 times the output of mine.

[Nevadastars]

Originally Posted by Lafitte1

This works for me on a 50amp 5th wheel with two 15000 BTU air units


6300 ISDE
Carry in bed of truck, ahead of hitch. It is heavy , so I built a dolly / cart for it. It is QUIET , expensive , reliable and runs my whole rig . Have had other contractor grade generators , but this is my "Cadillac" .

I just sold our Honda EU6500is, relatively in the same class as the Yamaha. But way too big and heavy (350lbs) for most occasional RV'ers. We actually bought it as a backup generator for the house. But after 7 years of never using it, decided to sell it. Now have the two Honda 2000s that are MUCH easier to manuver around. We only have one AC so the 6500 was complete overkill.

[kksalmon]

My Yamaha 6300 watt weighs 200# dry. There is plenty of room in the front storage of our 5th wheel. I just need to fabricate a swing arm winch to get it in and out of the storage.

[aether_one]

Originally Posted by Jeff6146

they do, i have a 13,500 BTU and a 15,000 BTU and they both run on 20 amp breaker’s apiece. Hate to break into this topic but about a topic started where I’m wondering how many kilowatts mine would use so I can calculate for solar panels. i found a 13000 kw honda for $1900. practically brand new but i want solar. it will pay for itself 5 times over. just throwing it out there, I have a 2014 43 foot fifth wheel camper has those two ACs I mentioned electric fireplace washer dryer hot water heater furnace and all the normal appliances but it to has 90% LED lights. it’s a Forest river sierra 370 RDOK. any chance anyone knows an average kilowatt this thing would produce a day?

Originally Posted by Jeff6146

BTW your going to need at least a 11,000 Kw generator for your rig

No, and why are you talking KW? We are talking watts here. Do you have any idea how big a 11,000 KW generator is? That would be 11,000,000 watts or the starting capacity of 5,500,000 Honda 2000 generators.

[Wundertaker]

Originally Posted by tfryman

No, and why are you talking KW? We are talking watts here. Do you have any idea how big a 11,000 KW generator is? That would be 11,000,000 watts or the starting capacity of 5,500,000 Honda 2000 generators.

That should run his two AC units me thinks!