Generators ... Grrr!

saxonborg said:
You should try living in a hot climate arab/ african country surrounded by wall mounted air conditioning units droning away all day and night, make a Honda generator sound like a hamster on an exercise wheel.😜
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I've done that since I was a child, maybe why I have such a hatred of generators, and Hondas are only marginally quieter than the rest (to my ears anyway)

Please could someone on the site publicise it if they hear when they're next auditioning for grumpy old men. 😀
 
2cv said:
I've done that since I was a child, maybe why I have such a hatred of generators, and Hondas are only marginally quieter than the rest (to my ears anyway)

Please could someone on the site publicise it if they hear when they're next auditioning for grumpy old men. 😀
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There are too many Hollywood Stars on here for you to get a look in. :lol-061:
 
The "I was here first" argument is a non starter.
There is no universal etiquette.
Suck it up or move on.

I started a genny rant a while back:wacko:

Generator in a whoosh bang would be the ultimate crime.
 
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When we have heard motorhomes with the generator, they have been mostly considerate. One moved to a neighbouring car park to run his genny in the evening and then moved back onto the aire after. Another stopped at 10 o’clock.
We are seriously thinking about buying a genny when we get back to the UK in September. We have had to run our engine to top up our leisure batteries.... far too many times. This disturbs any nearby vans too.
We do not use heavy usage gadgets. Not even a TV. But despite being in Greece for the winter. We are just not getting enough sun on to our solar panel and have not been moving far most days. We would love an Efoy but they are too expensive for us.
Given barking dogs, cockerels and church bells, it is just another noise to tune out.
 
POI Admin said:
Here I am parked in a small car park adjacent to a beautiful peaceful hilltop village in France.

Three motorhomes here, the final arrival has his noisy suitcase generator running right alongside his 'van a hundred yards away. It's loud here, Lord knows what it's like for him!

Why do people think this is acceptable?

Grumpy from Gourdon (temporarily)
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If you are talking Gourdon (46) you can move up into the big car park above the aire, you will be OK there. There are usually a dozen or more campers parked up there during the summer months. I live just down the road.
 
Clunegapyears said:
When we have heard motorhomes with the generator, they have been mostly considerate. One moved to a neighbouring car park to run his genny in the evening and then moved back onto the aire after. Another stopped at 10 o’clock.
We are seriously thinking about buying a genny when we get back to the UK in September. We have had to run our engine to top up our leisure batteries.... far too many times. This disturbs any nearby vans too.
We do not use heavy usage gadgets. Not even a TV. But despite being in Greece for the winter. We are just not getting enough sun on to our solar panel and have not been moving far most days. We would love an Efoy but they are too expensive for us.
Given barking dogs, cockerels and church bells, it is just another noise to tune out.
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What on earth are you running if you have no TV?? Do you have all LED lights? We have 2 x 95ampH batteries and one 100W panel and never have a problem even with a TV.
 
Generators are a great piece of kit, it’s the owners that’s the problem.

I use mine often but one it’s relatively quiet (Honda) and I just consider my neighbours that’s all.
 
El Veterano said:
What on earth are you running if you have no TV?? Do you have all LED lights? We have 2 x 95ampH batteries and one 100W panel and never have a problem even with a TV.
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Van is only 18 months old. LED lights. Often only things on are fridge, a few lights and charging phones/ ipdads. Clean solar panel regularly. But do use sine wave inverter every other day to blend soup, charge laptop, bike batteries and camera batteries. You’ve got me wondering now ... we are not technical. But as I understood, it doesn’t matter how big the solar panel or good your batteries, if there is no sun, you need another source. Am I wrong?
 
vwalan said:
nothing wrong with fridge trucks . i used to drive them for months . you do get used to the motor.
they sort of sing you to sleep.
strangely if a motor yours or someone elses goes down ,all the fridge boys /girls are out making sure the driver knows and to see if they can help get it going .
mind now i carry a big diesel genny.
after about 5mins you cant hear it .
you are deaf.ha ha .
but its man enough to power my inverter welder .
amazing how many have been happy i carry it .
i dont use it for anything else really but could power lots things from it .
but fridge trucks are like being sang to sleep.
and you can always find a place to park next to a fridge truck in a truck stop.
luckily my mate who travels with me also drove fridges so we park either side of the fridge truck.
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Mine didn’t sing me to sleep, mind you it was a 1970’s model Thermo King I would drop the trailer out of the way and hook up in the morning. Today’s models don’t bother me though.
 
Clunegapyears said:
We do not use heavy usage gadgets. Not even a TV. But despite being in Greece for the winter. We are just not getting enough sun on to our solar panel and have not been moving far most days.
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Clunegapyears said:
Van is only 18 months old. LED lights. Often only things on are fridge, a few lights and charging phones/ ipdads. Clean solar panel regularly. But do use sine wave inverter every other day to blend soup, charge laptop, bike batteries and camera batteries. You’ve got me wondering now ... we are not technical. But as I understood, it doesn’t matter how big the solar panel or good your batteries, if there is no sun, you need another source. Am I wrong?
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If the fridge is compressor, that alone makes you a heavy user, even if not, using a invertor for bikes and laptops will take a lot of power.
 
Go and chap the mans door and ask him to please turn it off. Why post on hear moaning about it? If it's p1ssing you off do something about it or move. :mad2:
 
Fazerloz said:
And that says quite a lot about you.
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Firstly, a sincere apology to the Genny banter folks who are managing admirably to work around this annoying tete-a-tetè. A forum member has apparently taken an immediate (maybe its been festering for a while) otherwise uncharacterisitc obtuse personal & public dislike to me.


Sadly popcorn eaters and page counter nerds I've unfortunatley (& yes genuinely regrettably) have decided it is necessary to stick up for myself and not merely respond to liven your weary day.

So. Just to recap. ONLY you decided not to see the tongue-in-cheek side ro my original post and clearly enough-was-enough which descended into this nonsense. Who would have thought a Camels back could be ripped asunder by such trivia.

I and t'intéweb at large (probably ! Ok, probably not, it's not that interesting) sit baffled as to why amongst all, after years of perhaps crossing paths via posts here 'n' there, ya got outta bed one morning; decided to single out (amongst all the others) an 'arf arsed obviously ( well not, clearly) less than serious post ( & this forums arf full of them at times) for this on-going public tirade ? Bully ? ... really. I've seen real bullies torment kids for weeks / months making them run out of a classful helplessly crying. Sense of perspective. I suspect you've no feckin' idea.

We oft forget Admin sees all. I'm not reportimg or (not that weary old line...) crying to teacher but i do think it's time for an "adjudication" ? I'll take 6 o' the best from the Boss if thats demmed necessary (only for stickin' up for myself) but not from YOU.

I hope that ticks the " Could do better" pathetic swipe box ?

Again, apologies folks at large.

Chrz Mul.

P.s. forgot to say i've changed my mind im reporting this my own post (not you) to the Boss btw.
 
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Oh Dear,,,!

Just for the record, I’m a Full Time Livaboard who runs a Genny for around 45/60min in the early evening say around 19:00 4 nights a week, in addition to the 20/30 min in the late morning for say 09:30 4 or 5 mornings a week if the park up locations allow.
I’ve NEVER had any complaints !.

(My Genny is a quiet one Encased in a rear Box, & MUCH quieter than say a car/ Van engine running, & DEFINITELY MUCH quieter than a Lorry or Fridge Trailer running. & have even offerd a neighbor to plug in for 30 mins or so on occasion when I tapped on their door & informed of my intentions.

I love my lifestyle & my conscience is clear about such things.
 
Fazerloz said:
The tired out, tried and tested old " I was only joking " routine as used by many a bully . I would have thought a man of such wit could have come up with something far better than the equally old and tired sugar in the tank comment then. At least come up with something original then. Oh only kidding.
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Are you seriously calling this bullying ? Surely a minor disagreement , hardly bullying !
 
maingate said:
This might be a long shot but worth asking. Is it a Brit in a Hymer motorhome? I have been giving some help to someone currently in France who has a problem with his Electroblock 99 not charging his batteries off solar and he has to run his Genny to keep his batteries topped up. You never know, it might be him. :)
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Had a similar problem with my EBlock on the Hymer. 'cept it wasn't charging from either solar or engine, while 220v shoreline charge worked OK.

I eventually removed the EB (and the drivers seat (LHD vehicle)), totally disassembled the EB checked what I could, re-assembled it and it all resumed normal operation with NFF.

The EB needs a special solar controller, made by Electroblock, that is designed to work with the main unit - LRM 1218

I am planning on ignoring the EB altogether for solar, with a new (old stock) Victron MPPT unit wired directly to the leisure batteries, leaving the EB to manage engine & 220v charging and distribution only.

You probably already have the link to a very good resource for EB Info at : Schaudt Elektroblock EBL 99 Repairs at PS130. EBL 100, EBL101, etc


james
 
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