Yes, you read that right. The power for this park is scheduled to be down Thursday from 9 am to noon and we are happy about that.
I know; I know, you are all asking if we are crazy. At least those of you who live in houses are. Some RVers, especially those who stay in one place for awhile might already have guessed why we are happy.
You see, we have a generator in our RV to supply power when we camp somewhere with no electrical supply. Yes, we normally have power here so our generator does not get used.
Therein lies the problem. Generators are made to be run. They like to be run. Fluids, just like our bodies’ blood, are best when they get to circulate regularly. How many of you have let your lawnmower sit over the winter without having drained the fuel? Doesn’t work come Spring, right?
So, we are supposed to run our generator at least an hour every month to keep it happy. We are supposed to do that while calling for a full load of energy from it. We usually do that by running our generator and air conditioner at the same time.
Now, generators are noisy. And put out smelly exhaust. So neighbors in RV parks don’t appreciate you running them there. So we usually exercise our generator while driving from one site to another. But, we aren’t making any trips down the road this summer. What to do? What to do?
Wait for your park to announce a planned power outage. Then use that as an excuse to exercise theĀ generator! Win!
TTYL,
Linda
ps. Down another 1.8 pounds this week. Happy, happy!
We do what you do. We run it while driving. Good luck with the power outage.
Last month I put over 100 hours on the generator because of the electrical problems here. That was too much of a good thing in my opinion. š
You are too funny. The built in generator is definitely one of the things I am going to miss with the fifth wheel. We have a generator in the back of the truck so It’s not too bad.
We boondock so often at the NASCAR races and then at many casinos that our generator always gets it’s exercise. We are currently at Indianapolis Motor Speedway but we opted to pay the extra for electricity…thank goodness since it has been hot and clammy since we arrived early this morning. Will have to find another way to exercise our generator this month.
Good luck with your power outage…you are definitely seeing the positive in this event.