Generators ... Grrr!

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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)
 
Be thankful for small mercies then that it’s only suitcase size and not bigger :lol-049:
 
He might have a valid reason for running a generator

like he is a twat:wacko:
 
Fact is they have never heard of 12v eqipment and think every thing has to be 230v,m/wave hair dryers tv etc.
 
Couple o' teaspoons of sugar 'll do the trick. I'm sure you can work yourself up into a real incadescent frenzy if you close your eyes and think a bit 😁

Disclaimer -> Nothing in this post implies or condones anything illegal or violence !
 
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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Hi Chris,

Looks like a lovely aire. Any chance of checking that he'll have moved on by the second half of April? ;)
I sympathise with you; something that I've only encountered once so far, and fortunately I wasn't stopping anyway.

Tom
 
Mul said:
Couple o' teaspoons of sugar 'll do the trick. I'm sure you can work yourself up into a real incadescent frenzy if you close your eyes and think a bit ��

Disclaimer -> Nothing in this post implies or condones anything illegal or violence !
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Nice to see you advocate damaging other peoples property. Live and let live. Just think on if ever you get up someone's nose for doing something perfectly legal. Even if its only parking somewhere they don't want you to.

The thing about disclaimers are they are not generally worth a toss.
 
***** said:
Tell you what Guys, as geny owner and user, who would only use the geny when nobody else is around, or just for a few minutes when their are neighbouring vans, and even then we would ask in a sort of informing way.
I do get really pi$$ed of by all this anti geny brigade, similar to the pc brigade!
No arguments, just saying!
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As previously said. Live and Let Live.
I've been way more annoyed by people shouting and making a nuisance of themselves way more then I have generators
 
Just seems a shame that some people have no consideration that others are disturbed, often in otherwise idyllic places, by the noise of their generator, a noise which with modern technology could be avoided by some thought to the electrical capabilities of their van.
In a very few cases it is unavoidable for health or mobility reasons, but mostly it's to enable them to watch mindless tv or keep their beer cold.
Generator runners seem to have no idea how far their annoying racket travels in what are often otherwise very tranquil locations.
 
***** said:
Think your self lucky, you are not driving a truck with a fridge trailer, or even worse, you are parked up for the weekend and a fridge trailer parks along side.
OK if they keep continual running, but cutting in and out is a real pain!
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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.
 
2cv said:
Just seems a shame that some people have no consideration that others are disturbed, often in otherwise idyllic places, by the noise of their generator, a noise which with modern technology could be avoided by some thought to the electrical capabilities of their van.
In a very few cases it is unavoidable for health or mobility reasons, but mostly it's to enable them to watch mindless tv or keep their beer cold.
Generator runners seem to have no idea how far their annoying racket travels in what are often otherwise very tranquil locations.
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Come on now bill I know you stay no more than two miles from the end of the runway at Glasgow airport lol😜
 
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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I know what you mean Alan. After spending months somewhere hot, I could not sleep when I was home on leave. Because there was no Air Conditioning unit banging away in the room. :p
 
***** said:
I think some of you guys are missing a point.
It depends on how long he is running it for and he might have a valid reason.
Different matter if it is to run a 240volt TV for the evening, then I would agree with you!
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Two and a half hours so far!
 
TJBi said:
Hi Chris,

Looks like a lovely aire. Any chance of checking that he'll have moved on by the second half of April? ;)
I sympathise with you; something that I've only encountered once so far, and fortunately I wasn't stopping anyway.

Tom
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It's a great spot, this is my third time staying here.

There's bins, a tap, and a French toilet which is perfectly feasible for cassette emptying. Even has a tap to rinse ...
 
Chris that’s why I bought the device that I darent mention for the fear of being hung drawn and quartered begins with an E Shiite I’ve done it now I’m of😜
 
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