Generator Ettiquette

[SouthTX]

I took my old travel trailer to the Talladega 500 once. There were maybe thousands of RV's there. Nothing but cheap Briggs and Stratton powered generators going from 7:00 a.m. to midnight. Never seen so many ugly, drunk women in one place.

Last NASCAR race we ever went to.

Maybe YOU needed to drink more. [g] (Always worked for me.)

[MidwestCamper]

Just from my experience, I have found when you pull into a boondocking site and there is an RV or group of RVs that have invested thousands of dollars into solar it's probably not a good idea to park to close to them or just find another spot to camp. They invest in solar so they don't have to listen to their generators and I'm sure they don't want to listen to yours either. Just trying to be polite and respectful of others.

Outside lights at night can also be an issue with some and the under/front led lights are not welcome in a lot of boondocking sites.

My site was reserved so there was no moving. I pick the last site where I aim the generator exhaust toward the road out where there are no sites. Its really not loud where you can have a conversation next to it, but I still feel uncomfortable running it. There was a fellow next to me on the back side that was running 4 lead acid batteries. When I shut it off I did not hear clapping so maybe I was ok. Lol!

[MidwestCamper]

Maybe YOU needed to drink more. [g] (Always worked for me.)

Now that's funny right there!!!

[Gronk1]

I never watch the tube while dry camping. I only run my Yamaha 2000 IF I need to charge my batteries (have a 100 w solar), I'll do it in the middle of the day. The last time I was dry camping some yahoo was running their gen when I got there around 11 in the morning & ran it till 10PM. Then they turned it on at 9 the next morning....it was still on when I got back from fishing at about 3. Some people just don't get it.
I really use to like that lake.