Generator for Pod 177

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   Thank you gentleman for your responses, I agree smaller would be better and doing without a/c while the oven is on for a few mins sounds very feasable too. I will most definetly check into the yamaha generator and again thanks for the info.

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w4bgbob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Oct 2013 Location: Knoxville Tn. Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Topic: Generator for Pod 177 Posted: 24 Oct 2013 at 12:35pm
	Thank you gentleman for your responses, I agree smaller would be better and doing without a/c while the oven is on for a few mins sounds very feasable too. I will most definetly check into the yamaha generator and again thanks for the info.
	A bad day hunting/camping/fishing is better than a good day at work, especially in a a 2014 Rpod 177 :)

Tars Tarkas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1452	Posted: 24 Oct 2013 at 8:28am
	My experience with a 2400w Yamaha generator is that you can run the AC or the microwave/convection oven but not both at the same time. The generator shuts off when it gets overloaded, which is a bit of a pain until you learn to use one or the other of the big draws. Once you get that mindset taken care of, for me at least, it's absolutely no bother. I haven't tried cooking a turkey in the middle of the Chihuahuan desert in August, but otherwise I have no problem doing without air con for a few minutes while the oven is on. The noise, bulk, weight, etc, of a larger generator just isn't worth it to me. TT
	2010 176 FJ Cruiser

techntrek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062	Posted: 23 Oct 2013 at 8:56am
	Welcome. I've moved this post out of the Flea Market section, since that area is for wanted/for sale ads. The smaller you go with generators, the less fuel they'll burn, especially if you get an inverter-generator. My Yamaha EF2400is burns 1.6 gallons in 8 hours while running the A/C. It will run either my A/C or my microwave - in my opinion there's no reason to haul around a much heavier 3000 watt generator that can run both at the same time, plus carry and burn the extra fuel, when the microwave is only used a small percentage of the day.
	Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual

w4bgbob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Oct 2013 Location: Knoxville Tn. Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Posted: 23 Oct 2013 at 1:26am
	just trying to be on the safe side, might be over kill but i already had the 40# tank just had to add a longer length of hose and figured why not....
	A bad day hunting/camping/fishing is better than a good day at work, especially in a a 2014 Rpod 177 :)

shroomer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 24 Aug 2013 Location: New Haven, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 236	Posted: 22 Oct 2013 at 11:20pm
	No advice on a generator, but curious about the 40# tank. We camped about 20 nights, some with heat, and used a 20# tank. More than half the cooking was outside the pod. Our refrigerator only ran on propane, never AC. (DC on the road only.) I was pleasantly surprised at the "gas mileage" I got with the propane. Have you run out of propane a lot or are you just trying to be on the safe side?
	Larry and Debbie w/Rosie the mutt. Old: '13 177, '06 Silverado V6 New: '15 Whitehawk 20MRB '14 Silverado V8

w4bgbob Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 19 Oct 2013 Location: Knoxville Tn. Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Posted: 22 Oct 2013 at 9:47pm
	Im sure this question has already been asked and answered, but i am considering getting a generator for my new R-Pod and was hoping someone could tell me how big of a generator I would need to handle the a/c and the microwave, my only mod so far is to change the 20lb propane take out to a 40lb tank. Any and all comments and or suggestions would be appreciated.
	A bad day hunting/camping/fishing is better than a good day at work, especially in a a 2014 Rpod 177 :)