batteries in place of generator
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12-18-2007, 08:34
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batteries in place of generator
Well, if I were worried about resale, I suppose I could hang onto the
generator and stick it back in someday. But considering my "new" bird is 30 years old now and I plan on keeping it for quite a long time, I don't know if resale will ever become an issue... We will have to see what the market for 50 year old birds looks like at some point ![]() Dorn Hetzel 77FC35 Hogansville, GA On Dec 18, 2007 3:30 PM, Scott Forman <sforman@...> wrote: > It would be an interesting experiment, but keep in mind that at > resale time you are probably knocking $10k off your sales price. > > Scott Forman > 86 PT38 > Memphis > > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com > "Dorn Hetzel" > wrote: > > > > I could do that also. I already own a couple of portable > generators, one > > 5kva and and 7.5kva. > > > > I'm not so much planning on running the main engine solely to > charge the > > batteries as charging the batteries while going down the road, or > charging > > the batteries while parked where there *is* shore power. I > probably need > > to make sure we can run one of the rooftop AC units while going > down the > > road, but I'm suspecting a big hunky alternator (say 300 amps or > so) could > > handle that... I'm guessing that 12.5kw gas genset and associated > 30 > > gallons of fuel must weigh over 500lbs combined, which is a fair > amount of > > batteries, say another 8 or more. > > > > On Dec 18, 2007 1:21 PM, bubblerboy64 > > > > > Dorn, Don't know if your idea would work or not, but I have > decided > > > if my generator dies I think I will make a storage bay for my > > > portable Honda generators and do it that way. Wouldn't be able to > run > > > them going down the road but I would be able to use them as I did > > > with my previous trailers. I own the Honda's and rather then > dumping > > > big bucks into a new onan or similar I think I would compromise as > > > suggested. > > > John Heckman > > > central Pa > > > 1973 FC > > > > > > > > > > > The gas generator on my 77FC35 isn't in the best shape. (hosed > up > > > flywheel, > > > > takes many tries to find enough teeth to make it start, then > > > doesn't run for > > > > more than 5 minutes without starving for fuel... (or so it > seems)) > > > > > > > > I'm considering just pulling it out and filling the hole where > it > > > used to be > > > > with a big pile of batteries and a big inverter/charger. > > > > > > > > My thought is that the generators weight in batteries would be a > > > lot of Amp > > > > Hours. > > > > > > > > I would also probably put in the biggest alternator I could get > my > > > hands on > > > > for best charging and most useable power whilst on the road. > > > > > > > > I realize this arrangement probably won't run the much air > > > conditioning, or > > > > for long, but I don't have any immediate plans to boondock with > the > > > air > > > > running ![]() > > > > > > > > Any thoughts? Anyone tried this with success or failure? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Dorn Hetzel > > > > 77FC35 > > > > Hogansville, GA > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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batteries in place of generator - Dorn Hetzel - 12-18-2007, 05:57
batteries in place of generator - Al - 12-18-2007, 06:18
batteries in place of generator - bubblerboy64 - 12-18-2007, 06:21
batteries in place of generator - Dorn Hetzel - 12-18-2007, 07:10
batteries in place of generator - Peter T. Arnold - 12-18-2007, 08:20
batteries in place of generator - Scott Forman - 12-18-2007, 08:30
batteries in place of generator - Dorn Hetzel - 12-18-2007, 08:31
batteries in place of generator - Dorn Hetzel - 12-18-2007 08:34
batteries in place of generator - Dorn Hetzel - 12-18-2007, 08:37
batteries in place of generator - Dorn Hetzel - 12-18-2007, 08:42
batteries in place of generator - bubblerboy64 - 12-18-2007, 08:48
batteries in place of generator - Don Bradner - 12-18-2007, 09:25
batteries in place of generator - Ryan Wright - 12-18-2007, 09:43
batteries in place of generator - Dorn Hetzel - 12-18-2007, 10:41
batteries in place of generator - Ross MacKillop - 12-18-2007, 12:18
batteries in place of generator - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 12-18-2007, 15:38
batteries in place of generator - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 12-18-2007, 15:39
batteries in place of generator - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 12-18-2007, 15:44
batteries in place of generator - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 12-18-2007, 15:46
batteries in place of generator - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 12-18-2007, 15:49
batteries in place of generator - Ryan Wright - 12-18-2007, 15:59
batteries in place of generator - Jay Darst - 12-18-2007, 16:10
batteries in place of generator - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 12-18-2007, 16:42
batteries in place of generator - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 12-18-2007, 16:47
batteries in place of generator - Gregory OConnor - 12-18-2007, 18:25
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