Portable Generator for Camper

On Jan 10, 9:15*pm, personaobscura
wrote:
On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:55:01 -0800 (PST), Giles wrote:
On Jan 10, 3:33*pm, personaobscura
wrote:
On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:35:10 -0800 (PST), DaveS wrote:
Suggestions and experience welcome. I need a smaller generator for use
with my camper. The Camper is a lance 825, no AC. I presently cart in
a couple of marine 12 volt batteries. With use confined to lights I am
good for 4 nites on one fully charged battery. I want to be able to
run the occasional power drill, recharge 12 volt bats, and some small
appliances, like radio, dvd , maybe a small power saw, maybe a small
ceramic heater.

Brand and model Suggestions? How to Plug in to Camper panal? Noise?

Did I read once that your property is on a river?

If that's true, could you find a site - or pipe from your high point down to
one - and develop enough head to run a generator?

If I'm mis-remembering, my apologies.

Hm.....

Forgive the seeming impertenance but.....um.....does damming a trout
stream for the convenience of using an electric latte frother REALLY
seem like a good idea? * * *

g.
i mean, sucking the sun dry OUGHT TO be just about enough, ainna?

Cripes, he wasn't planning on siting a smelter on the back 40, was he?

He? Um.....just who is it you thought was asking about the
possibility of installing a hydroelectric generator?

It wouldn't take much to manage a tiny trailer. If he does have a stream that
has a decent drop somewhere on his property he might be able to site a
generator that can quietly run his latte frother, a couple of lights, and keep
a set of batteries charged up, without altering the run of the river at all.

Well, you couldn't possibly be more wrong. ANY diversion from ANY
stream (yes, even the great rivers of the world, like the Amazon or
the west fork of the Kickapoo) necessarily alters "the run of the
river" even if ALL of the water is returned, which is almost never the
case. To put it more simply, alterations change things. Sorta self-
evident, ainna? Should be. But then, stupid happens.

Leaving aside the obvious latter observation (for the nonce, anyway)
what do you suppose happens when 100.....1,000.....1,000,000 people
living along a stream decide to divert just a bit to charge up a
couple of lights and keep a set of batteries charged up, without
altering the run of the river at all? Your math says absolutely
nothing happens. How about a hundred million?.....a billion?
Hm.....let's see.....naught times naught is naught.....carry the
naught.....um.....yep, tha'ts right jethro.....NOTHING happens.

See what I mean?

Stupid happens.

g.