I must take exception to your comment below now that I drive one of those
RV's.  The only reason we need to run our generators is to have AC or maybe
to charge the batteries.  I may also use it to run the microwave, but that
is only for a few minutes and if I had some extra money, a large inverter
would take care of that. Everything else uses battery or propane including
the 35,000 Btu furnace which really keeps the camper toasty in winter.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Brant <ram@INTOUCH.BC.CA>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, July 03, 1998 4:33 PM
Subject: Generators and Noise

>Bill had written:
>
>>There may be nothing more annoying when I'm camping than the sound of a
>>> generator running,
>
>
>I agree with you completely, but you may not be aware of the newer
>technologies, and the extremely quiet models available.
>
>Today I looked at a Honda model which produces 1000 watts, yet only emits
>60 decibels of sound.  (Remember that sound is measured exponentially - 60
>is very quiet!) As long as one placed this unit a reasonable distance from
>any other tents, other campers would be unaware of it, unless they were
>standing right next to it.  Furthermore, I intend to only run it during
>short periods of daytime, to cool down the fridge.  I can't stand big RV's
>with their TV sets, microwaves, etc requiring big honkin' gennies running
>all day and night.  (If that's 'getting away from it all' - what are they
>getting away from?)
>
>Roger