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    We have a generator, Yanmar 4 stroke, pretty quiet, for the odd times when we are unable to access mains to charge my wifes disability scooter. Usually this is at steam engine rallies, and as we often have 20 tons of steam engine chugging away in front of the van you can't hear the genny anyway. On the few occasions we have needed to use it on a "normal" site we stick to the CC guidelines never before 9am or after 6pm., though normally if ehu is not available site owners are usually able to provide somewhere to plug the charger in anyway. For 12v in the van we carry 2 85ah batteries and have managed 11 days without charging them.

     Pete.

Anything that you do on a campsite or anywhere else for that matter, that annoys other people is bad news.

Quote: Originally posted by Valk_scot on 18/4/2010

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Generator etiquette? Be considerate and don't take it. If it's really, really necessary, say for some sort of medical back-up, run it as little as possible during hours when there's normally a lot of other noise on site and never during night curfew hours. Plus if you explain to your neighbours exactly why you need the generator they might be slightly more tolerant of the noise. But otherwise there's few campers that want to have that sort of annoying noise right next door to them 24/7, or even for half an hour.

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