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Motorhome. Worth buying a generator?
« on: February 13, 2005, 05:51:01 pm »
Hi all, weve hired a 6birth Marlin 65g Motorhome for Le mans this year. Although i know you can probably survive on the backup battery (maybe with the odd top from the engine) but im wondering if its worth getting a small generator off of Ebay as a backup.....your thoughts would be much appreciated! Roll on June..... Cheers.

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Re:Motorhome. Worth buying a generator?
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2005, 09:01:30 pm »
If your fridge runs on camping gaz, the radio runs on it's own batteries and the barbeque is used as a cooker you might get away with it. There are quite some proper camping-lights available nowardays.

If you still have doubts, check http://www.clubarnage.com/yabbse/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=2911 Gilles might be able to help...

My whole party will run on one generator, so that's two fridges, large freezer, huge stereo, quite an amount of lights and a few gadgets like beamer, PS2, satellite reciever etes all.
That's why I hired a 7kW for €90,- a week, expensive but reliable :-\
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Re:Motorhome. Worth buying a generator?
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2005, 09:59:28 pm »
Thanks. What sort of KW would you recommend for us (if i was to take the plunge and buy one) I have no idea what sort of power generator powers what!

The wagon obviously has a fridge, shower, interior lighting etc, and it would be nice to have some lighting in the gazebo!

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Re:Motorhome. Worth buying a generator?
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2005, 10:13:39 pm »
Oh, those 650 watt-things will probably do then.

A fridge will only pull about 300 watts from time to time, lights are as much as you want to use (5 x 60 watts?)
The only doubt I have is a kettle, they normally go well over 1kW, somewhere 12-1400 I believe :-\

Last year we got away with a 2,5kW, and we had lights, stereo, fridge and beerdraught machine. Oh, and I brought my air compressor too for the airbeds. Don't get too lazy now ;D
Above machines were fine, exept for the compressor. The lights went a kind of low when we used that thing >:(
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Re:Motorhome. Worth buying a generator?
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2005, 12:03:13 am »
Have a look in Macro we got a 850watt generator for £60. It is only a two stroke so a bit noisy but then who cares about the noise during the race. Make sure you switch it off at night otherwise other campers will sabotage it.

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Re:Motorhome. Worth buying a generator?
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2005, 12:26:20 am »
Macros & Ebay here we come!