Why Did I Mount Generator on RV 

aron sal absolutely. And I'm assuming that it probably be worse if you are at a higher altitude as the engine is operating at less efficiency. Also running on propane the thing only puts out 3060 Watts. If I had to do it over again instead of putting a hard start capacitor on I would go with the micro Air Soft start. The generator will easily start and run the air conditioner at that point with very minimal kick on draw

Arbitrary Exploration the very first day that I mounted the generator on the travel trailer I shot a little bit of video inside with the generator running. It was definitely quieter than when I had it mounted on the back. Once I have everything positioned the way I want I will do a sound comparison and maybe I can do some sort of liquid in a glass to show you vibration possibly. That'll be on down the road so keep an eye out.

That is really cool! The vibrations are only if they are noticeable enough to be a problem. I am pretty tolerant of vibrations just. Thank you for putting this together. We have been looking at the champions that you can parallel.

Michael D You run it with a cap on your truck?

John Simone all the heat that the generator creates exits out of the exhaust pipe and that engine vent on one side of the generator. The control panel doesn't even come close to getting hot. And the other side is the air intake side. I have never as a small engine mechanic had an engine fail and throw parts. Even when engines have seized and blown up, which we've done on purpose before, there may be some small aluminum pieces that will fall off the block but no explosions of any kind, and definitely nothing with enough strength to puncture a propane tank.

CentralCoastCamper thanks for following along!

Lol long gone!!

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carjack69 you have to get a 50amp female to 30amp male adapter/dogbone.... HOWEVER, you will be limited on how much you can run inside your RV. If you have dual air conditioners you will not be able to run both of them. If they are 15000 BTU air conditioners you should be able to run one of them without issue. If you have a 13500 BTU air conditioner you will be able to run that and maybe your refrigerator on electric too. You will not be able to run your air conditioning and microwave at the same time or your air conditioning and electric hot water tank at the same time or your microwave or electric hot water tank at the same time. Basically, you have three major appliances on your RV that draw a lot of amperage. One is the the air conditioning unit the second is the microwave and the third is your electric hot water tank. You can only run one of those at a time while connected to the generator. You will not be able to run your air conditioner with any other heavy draw Appliance such as a hair dryer, a toaster or toaster oven, or one of those little electric space heaters. All those things draw too much amperage when trying to run two of them together at the same time. That's what everybody else does with 50 amp RVs too. You just can run minimal appliances at the same time as the air conditioning unit. Or like I mentioned the other two big draw items. It's not a big deal unless you have to run your air conditioning constantly to stay cool, even then you can turn it off for a short bit and run the microwave or whatever else you may need and then afterwards you can fire back up the air-conditioning. It's definitely a learning curve but overall it's the easiest way to handle it. Hopefully this makes sense. Thanks for watching

Didn't bolt it... Used ratchet strap.

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Well a few weeks ago we had. 2019 F250 4x4 LB ext cab... Now we have 2020 F350 Crew Cab long bed 4x4 7.3. 😁

RVdaydream I appreciate the response. Just came across your channel last night and subscribed. Check us out. Not as informational as your channel though. How where you able to purchase such a big expensive truck and keep it debt free. I like many keep a very low debt ceiling. We’ve paid so much off but I’m pull 10,000 lbs dry on a 3.92 axle ratio 2003 Dodge Ram 1500 5.7L SLT that we were blessed to pay cash for. But now when I think about upgrading to something that will allow me to travel in the road pull such amount of weight without my back axle dipping inward or being able to travel no more than 70 mph, trucks are just out of control expensive. What’s your advice? In your mind what is worth it a dodge or ford?

I'm a Ford guy. Doesn't mean there's not a lot of dodges out there that do just fine. If you're going to stick with a gas engine you're going to need a older Dodge with a V10 in it. They can be found relatively cheap. But if you're going to stick with Dodge most people go diesel because of those Cummins engines. I'm not a big fan of diesel but at 10,000 pounds I would be thinking about it. If you want to run a Ford gas engine you need to find either a V10 or a good old 460. Again at 10,000 pounds if you're buying used you might want to be into a 7.3 powerstroke diesel. We've been able to stay debt-free because of Investments that we made years ago.

Neil Cotter I agree. If I didn't have a cap I would definitely do something in the bed of the truck. I am going to do a video in the future though covering the actual temperatures that the generator produces and how it affects the items that are around it. You might be surprised about how cool the temperatures actually are. I know I was.

Ooops. New guy here. I just heard in your May 30th. post that you are indeed using AGM batteries.

jessebalk yeah there's a few videos back that I mention that I think. However, you will be surprised to here that AGM batteries are too supposed to vented. In the case of a slight overcharge situation, which is highly unlikely, there is a 2 to 4 PSI valve that will release if that situation occurs. But, I'm not going to. I'll discuss this in a future video. Thanks for the comment!

Not Hydrochloric acid, they use sulphuric acid. Definately right about the fumes and they also produce hydrogen gas which of course is explosive

We did on our new RV ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pOzfm7SCUZc.html

Also gets cooler every thousand feet, so you need it less as you go up.

Thanks!! If you haven't yet, please make sure to watch this video covering the mounting position.. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aesi6_-fJk8.html

RVdaydream - i had watched the video of the Sherline scale before, but this time paid very close attention. At around 20 or 21 minutes, it became very obvious the concern about having too much weight behind the trailer axle(s). I will probably get the same scale from your amazon link and do basically the same testing you did. Our trailer is 18.5 ft long from tongue to rear bumper. 2/3 of the trailer is infront of the axle and 1/3 behind. My original plan was put the 60 lb cargo tray on the back with the same champion gen set alobg with one 20 lb LP bottle. Total weight ~ 200 lbs. I. In the front of our trailer was going to add two group 31 batterries weighing together 150 lbs. Based on the 2/3 to 1/3 ratio, i thought that would equalize the load front and back. I guess i will see if that is the case or not after using the scale methods you showed. Thanks again for all the insight. We have only had our small travel trailer 1 years so still newbies :)

Jerel Rogers Stromberg trailer tray is entirely too tall. Everyone knows, that when you are Towing the lower the center of gravity that better. I do not want to add a hundred and ten pound generator above my propane tanks. Also who's is going to be lifting it up there? It might be okay for those little Honda generators but this is heavier for sure. I've seen the stromberg-carlson trailer tray up close and personal at a campground last year. And although it is built very well and seems very sturdy it will not work for my application. As I mentioned in the past videos, I have a road cover that is over top of my front window that would not be able to open with the generator mounted.

RVdaydream I use the Stromberg and it is fantastic. I have secured it well and with my Champion remote start it runs right where it sets. The oil change can be conducted right there. The biggest drawback is fueling but I normally fill it at the station and have a small stepladder to fuel it as well as other maintenance.

If you haven't planned the gap until medicare you'll be in for a rude awakening, basically a good portion if not all your SS will be premiums and Dr bills.

I don't qualify for SS, so I get to sit back and laugh as my pension pays the bills. If you ain't putting money in a retirement account, you're doing it wrong...

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