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Sleepless
Senior Member Joined: 07 Jun 2013 Location: Titusville, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 556 |
Topic: Generator Storage? Posted: 29 Jun 2013 at 10:57pm |
Our trips are considerably longer, up to 6000 miles, so the back of our SUV would not be the wisest choice. I am thinking about the tongue-mounted cargo carrier. Has anyone else checked out the Dometic LW3000? Almost as quiet as Honda, electric start, and much less expensive. Unfortunately, it is much larger than the Honda 2000 watt generator. |
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 30 Jun 2013 at 1:05am |
I have a Honda 2000 it is build in a box in the back of the trailer. I diverted the exhaust to the ground insulated the box, reduced noise by 50%. The generator is mounted on a floating bottom that I can raise with a bottle jack and there for eliminating 99% of vibration.
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Sleepless
Senior Member Joined: 07 Jun 2013 Location: Titusville, FL Online Status: Offline Posts: 556 |
Posted: 30 Jun 2013 at 9:38am |
I studied the photos of your installation yesterday. It is a very neat set-up, but would not fit into the layout of my 173. I have a jack-knife sofa across the back (not enough clearance under it) and the dinette across the front. Same problem. My Dometic is 19.7" high, much higher than your Honda 2000. But thanks for the suggestion. Bob |
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marwayne
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Posted: 30 Jun 2013 at 10:32am |
I don't think it has anything to do with the layout, because everything is outside.
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Sleepless
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Posted: 30 Jun 2013 at 10:41am |
Sorry, I better look at the photos and narrative again.
Bob |
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techntrek
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Posted: 30 Jun 2013 at 9:07pm |
Sleepless, happily no need for vibration dampening with my setup. I ran a test 2 months ago with the generator running on the cargo tray in front of the truck when we did a boondocking trip. I could barely notice it with the A/C off. Once the A/C was on it was impossible to hear or feel the genset over the A/C. Since it is an inverter model it idles down pretty low, and doesn't even break 3000 rpm when in overload mode.
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