Generator Rec for 2017 Sport 22fb?

[pcskier]

Originally Posted by Troutboy

Guys, go solar and this discussion is mute!!!! We spent three nights and 4 days up in the middle of the Colorado Rockies, by ourself, cloudy skies, and ran everything, including microwave, furnace fan entire time, etc. batteries never went below 90%. No noise, now worrying about mad neighbors (even though there were none), and no worrying about not being able to use power....

Granted, it comes at a cost, but for those that boondock a lot, I feel way easier than a genny.

Couldn't agree more. When I decide I've acquired my 'forever' or at least 'long-term' trailer, I'll invest in a full solar system. Don't want to spend the $$$ on a trailer I don't believe I'll have that long.

[TravlinMan]

Boxite I don't understand your method. I guess sometimes ya get lucky and really do boondock completely away from others, but sometimes ya don't. Maybe it's not boondockin. Maybe it's dry campin at a forest campground without hookups? Or maybe it is boondockin but it's a popular spot like the forests near national parks. I've been to forests where I camped for a week and never realized I had a neighbor on the other side of the trees. I sure woulda known had they been runnin a loud generator!

Ya can't carry 3 generators, loud, medium, quiet for all your different ways of campin.

Ya should try your best to be quiet even when ya think you're alone. Plus ya may just be disturbin no people and a small ecosystem of animals. Still not very nice. Maybe ya ruined someone's fishin or huntin day and ya never even knew it. I'm not saying never use a generator but just think about the whole picture.

Being quiet is nice. I'm from the south and solar works for me.

[Boxite]

Originally Posted by TravlinMan

Boxite I don't understand your method. I guess sometimes ya get lucky and really do boondock completely away from others, but sometimes ya don't. Maybe it's not boondockin. Maybe it's dry campin at a forest campground without hookups? Or maybe it is boondockin but it's a popular spot like the forests near national parks. I've been to forests where I camped for a week and never realized I had a neighbor on the other side of the trees. I sure woulda known had they been runnin a loud generator!

Ya can't carry 3 generators, loud, medium, quiet for all your different ways of campin.

Ya should try your best to be quiet even when ya think you're alone. Plus ya may just be disturbin no people and a small ecosystem of animals. Still not very nice. Maybe ya ruined someone's fishin or huntin day and ya never even knew it. I'm not saying never use a generator but just think about the whole picture.

Being quiet is nice. I'm from the south and solar works for me.

Ha! Ya should-a seen us on top of Mingus Mountain and you'd understand! 7-miles and 8,500' above the rest of the world and all A L O N E. The only one's who could hear a generator (if I'd run one) would have been the soaring vultures!

[TravlinMan]

Ok, Boxite.

[SilverHouseDreams]

Originally Posted by Troutboy

Guys, go solar and this discussion is mute!!!! We spent three nights and 4 days up in the middle of the Colorado Rockies, by ourself, cloudy skies, and ran everything, including microwave, furnace fan entire time, etc. batteries never went below 90%. No noise, now worrying about mad neighbors (even though there were none), and no worrying about not being able to use power....

Granted, it comes at a cost, but for those that boondock a lot, I feel way easier than a genny.

In your profile you have an FC23, is that still accurate? I'm intrigued by what you may have for solar setup, perhaps you covered that in another thread that I didn't see.

We are about to acquire a Sport 22FB and I'm currently working through our power plans. We live in the PacNW where even when it is sunny...it isn't likely to be sunny where our AS sits. We visited a truly lovely CG yesterday, but not a lick of sunlight below the forest canopy. I do love the idea of solar though, as when i am out in the woods it is to be exactly away from the racket of people. Little irks me more than Harley noise pollution, or construction generators running endlessly so someone can watch TV on their outdoor projector...but hey, they placed it on the opposite side of the trailer from *them* and on a long cord, so it's ok. It isn't bothering them...

That being said, we will have a small (quiet) generator but plan to minimize use when we can. I'm curious to learn from others on smaller AS how they achieve not using the gen set when boondocking. I know my 22FB is already at a disadvantage as it's an older model with less LED lighting and a single low end battery. The first task is to convert everything I can to be more energy efficient, and then to actually meter our power consumption at all times to learn about our actual demand.

[Boxite]

It's possible the the OP Hamricks has quit reading this thead but I should have mentioned when others seemingly offer a kneejerk advice to change your converter to a PD or such.... you might think about investigating what your 2017 Sport already has... which is likely a WFCO... which already has correct battery-charging levels/rates. The 55A WFCO which Airstream installed standard on the 22' Sport does a good job and does not abuse the battery like some others do.