Please know that my knowledge of all things electric is limited to how to replace lightbulbs. And somehow I’ve managed to not always be successful with that. Lol
I don’t know a damn thing.
So if your kind enough to answer, please keep it simple ...
I have an offer from someone to trade with me a small generator. I car camp at this time (travel and sleep in my car, occasionally tent) the generator has “800 running watts, 900 max watts” and 63 CC.
The actual size of the generator is good as far as fitting in my car. I wouldn’t want anything larger.
I don’t have solar, I depend on charging things (laptop, iPad, camera equipment, phone, portable speaker, back up USB battery back ups, etc) while driving using my USB ports. This works but can be a real pain in the ass as I don’t always drive enough to get it all charged. Of course, it always seems that the one thing I need is never charged enough. Nothing more frustrating than to see something I’d like to photograph, pull over and just a few minutes in, realize my camera battery is about dead. Lol.
Anyway, this trade offer has come up, the trade as far as value is a good on on my end.
My question is what will a [size=medium]800 running watts, 900 max watts generator do for me? And will I need to buy anything extra (tight budget over here)? I know people use some kind of battery to store energy from solar, can I do the same with a small generator? Is that a reasonable thing to do? If it is, what do I need and how much will it cost? [/size]
[size=medium]The one thing I’d really really like that I don’t have now is to be able to run a fan either in my car or in a tent. [/size]
[size=medium]Thanks for helping me out, [/size]
I don’t know a damn thing.
So if your kind enough to answer, please keep it simple ...
I have an offer from someone to trade with me a small generator. I car camp at this time (travel and sleep in my car, occasionally tent) the generator has “800 running watts, 900 max watts” and 63 CC.
The actual size of the generator is good as far as fitting in my car. I wouldn’t want anything larger.
I don’t have solar, I depend on charging things (laptop, iPad, camera equipment, phone, portable speaker, back up USB battery back ups, etc) while driving using my USB ports. This works but can be a real pain in the ass as I don’t always drive enough to get it all charged. Of course, it always seems that the one thing I need is never charged enough. Nothing more frustrating than to see something I’d like to photograph, pull over and just a few minutes in, realize my camera battery is about dead. Lol.
Anyway, this trade offer has come up, the trade as far as value is a good on on my end.
My question is what will a [size=medium]800 running watts, 900 max watts generator do for me? And will I need to buy anything extra (tight budget over here)? I know people use some kind of battery to store energy from solar, can I do the same with a small generator? Is that a reasonable thing to do? If it is, what do I need and how much will it cost? [/size]
[size=medium]The one thing I’d really really like that I don’t have now is to be able to run a fan either in my car or in a tent. [/size]
[size=medium]Thanks for helping me out, [/size]