On 12/25/2012 2:58 PM, GuzzisRule wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:04:16 -0600, Califbill wrote:

iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:58:04 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:



"GuzzisRule" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:43:11 -0500, Wayne.B
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On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 11:27:44 -0500, GuzzisRule
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Supposedly, this one is 'Super Quiet', with a 70 dB noise level. If
I use it at home, it would be
only for a few absolute necessities - with time management. I
primarily wanted something I could
throw in the pickup for camping trips where electricity isn't
available.

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70 dB is not super quiet, not at all.

These are reasonably quiet at 53 to 59 dB depending on load level:

http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/Honda-EU1000IKC-Portable-Generator/p6548.html

70dB is approximately 10 times louder than 59 dB.

Even the small Hondas get annoying after awhile but at 29 pounds are
easy to carry and load into a truck.

....and cost almost ten times as much! Hell, I'm ex-military, not
ex-hedge fund manager or writer
for a union rag.

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John, the point is that if you are thinking of it for camping use
.... and plan to stay at public campgrounds ... they are most likely
not going to allow use of a generator like that. It's too noisy and
an annoyance to other campers. You might not mind, but others will
definitely complain. Heck, I remember back when we were into the RV
thing for a while. Campsites didn't like you running the generator
that came with the camper.




Apparently my camping use got overlooked. I wouldn't be using it at
campgrounds where electricity is
available, but where I'm either alone or with others on a generator. I've never, while in
campgrounds in the US, had a need for a generator.

Friends who've traveled with their trailers to Alaska had need of a generator, both while
boondocking alongside the road and in some of the Alaskan campgrounds.

Hell, I won't even play a radio outside in the campgrounds we frequent!

That's odd, I've camped all over the U.S. in all kinds of weather and
did so perfectly fine without a generator or electricity. But then
again, I actually camp, as opposed to just moving to a different
location with all of the amenities of my home. I don't need a microwave,
electric coffee maker, etc. to have a good experience.

I am old and like comfort. Have a truck camper, and boat remote lakes at
times. Would be nice to have emergency power and a way to charge up the
batteries, especially if the truck batts went down.

That cute little Honda EU2000i might be right up your alley:

http://tinyurl.com/cxpl99n


Yeah, if you can afford it, it's a nice rig.... however.....

If I were him, and onlywanted to use it for emergency and battery
charging, etc I might "consider" the 1000, it's sooooo quiet even
compared to the 2000. We used the 2000 honda at Unadilla and had to put
it in the hauler overnight and it was still too loud to run overnight.
The 1000 would have been fine if you got the super quiet model, running
in that 30 foot hauler with the doors mostly shut...