Saw the article Tony, and yes, unfortunately as you say it doesn't appear to be available on their website which is a pity.

Generators are very useful at bush camps for ensuring that those campers who have the hide to want to enjoy the serenity of a bush/free camp on a still starry night are denied the pleasure. If the campers don't complain, the generator mob can always turn on the air con and turn up the volume on the stereo and/or the large screen TV, conduct a noisy intrusive conversation on the mobile, and put the clothes through the dryer.

They could take it all outside and sit around the campfire if only someone would invent an electric campfire!

PS: The best place to set up a bush camp is near a pretty little creek or river so there's have somewhere to empty the porta potti.  Ladies can also do no1s in the nearby bush and leave a pretty display of tissue snowflakes)

(whatever happened to the KISS principle?)

(whaddaya reckon Tony, think that'll stir 'em up!)

-- Edited by jimricho on Tuesday 16th of August 2011 07:37:27 AM

I use a genny and not sorry for it, howerver I only put it on for a few hours every couple of days to bring the batteries up.
If SWMBO uses the washing machine its during that time and the lap top goes on the charger then.
I did not see the article but it would appear the writer took a few literary privaledges. Most people have a 2ka genny and they will not run an a/c very good (watch me get some rebuttles)
let alone all the other stuff at the same time.
When you are on the road full time a genny is a must, as are solar panels that I cant afford just yet.
I must admit the people who run their gennies well into the night really PEE ONE DOUBLE ESSE me off also. As in all things commen sense and courtesy come to mind.
Having said all that don't you think the genny debate has really escallated since the advent of solar panels.

Look, I feel Generators have their place.

I just can't believe people think its acceptable to run them during the evening hours especially when camped near other people. LETS GET REAL. What happened to enjoying the bush beauty at sunset for crying out loud.

Stop being so damn tight and at least get a few batteries to accomodate that rechid generator. I have also met a fellow that ran a solar system which was also used for the cpap machine. I am sure if he could do it, others could too.

My theory, if you have enuf money for the big flat screen, huge fridge, this electronic device and that electronic device then smarten up and spend the coin on the battery bank as well. If you have enuf money for a generator you have enough money for some batteries and a charger, surely.

That's right debe bennies have their time and place

Gennies do have some up sides .

 

As blaze said in another thread on the same subject , common sense is a major factor .

If there are other people around , I wouldn't use a generator in the dark hours .

DeBe wrote:

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Sorry Solar & batterys dont run Aiconditioners or heaters! When free camping the cost of petrol doesnt come neer what parks charge for a powered site.

-- Edited by DeBe on Tuesday 16th of August 2011 01:58:34 PM

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 Daryl, don't forget the power for the CCTV camera outside the van coupled to the big screen TV inside so you can enjoy the great outdoors!

Jim

PS: Air conconditioned bush camp????  methinks an oxymoron!

PPS: Daryl, as a lateral thinker with a technical bent, maybe you could start work on the design of that electric campfire (indoor model perhaps too).  From some of the responses I feel sure there's a market.

It is funny how gennies are singled out!
I don't like it when people who want to enjoy the camping experience light a loverly camp fire, with complete disregard to other campers when their smoke goes through someoe elses van
Its just part of the life and I accept it, if it's to bad I can move on
I don't like it when a group of people sit around a campfire enjoying the camping experience. as the night goes on those campers get louder and louder as the tonsils get more lubricated.
Its just part of the life and I accept it, if it's to bad I can move on
I don't like it when parents take their kids bush to enjoy the camping experience. The kids are allowed to run wild with complete disregard to other peoples enjoyment and property
Its just part of the life and I accept it, if it's to bad I can move on
I don't like when people take their dogs bush to enjoy the camping experience, for some reason (there are many) the dog just barks and barks. Also the owners do not pick up after their dogs.
Its just part of the life and I accept it, if it's to bad I can move on.

I'm not having a winge all I am saying is, Its just part of the life and I accept it, if it's to bad I can move on. So I ask are gennies really the worste thing in the world.

Generators are not trouble makers, it's the muppets who operate them without regard to others in the area. They should not be used after dark unless an emergency situation arises. Yes, I do have one, but it's purpose is as an emergency backup should my 2 solar and 1car battery fail, all together.

-- Edited by Bent Axle Bob on Wednesday 17th of August 2011 10:20:11 AM

Colnden,
That was put beautifully, we live in our van full time also and could not agree more.
Nielandraine,
You guys have put it beautifully also, I was getting to the stage with this forum ( which is usually very tollerant) that I was going to get rid of the bookmark from my computer.
In another forum there was a newbie asking advise re waterusage. His question drew the usual anti every thing brigade. The thread started a contest with forumites trying to outdo each other, you know, I only shower every three days, then only if needed, others just use wipes for days to save water. We only use a table spoon to wash with and a teaspoon to drink, please, get bloody real, there is no need to live like a third world country. I did enough survival stuff in the services years ago.
This guy was next to a water source, the Murray river no less, us, well I start my very quiet genny, throw in my submersible pump, the water goes through two main filters, 30 micron then 5 micron into tanks then through .5 micron for use in the van. Still healthy still have a heart beat.
Hell I thought we were supossed to enjoy this life on the road? My boss would desert me if she could not have a shower every day. And some times that means running my Honda, I only use it for up to three hrs to top up batteries every three days or so. I am very aware of my fellow campers. Never had any one complain yet. Enjoy the experience

-- Edited by Dreamcaster51 on Wednesday 17th of August 2011 07:48:26 PM

Absolutely, Dreamcaster, Absolutely

Barrie, why should those who don't like gennies "just move on?" (I'm assuming here that you meant move on in a physical sense from a campsite). Whatever happened to consideration and respect for others? As the old legal maxim goes: Your freedom to wave your fist around ends at the tip of my nose.

I much prefer Gerty Dancer's attitude to this vexing problem.
Tony

In summary it appears that most of the genny users on this forum are conscious of their fellow campers and do use them with due consideration to others.

Sadly it appears from at least one post that the forum is not totally free from members of the "Bugger you, I'm all right Jack" club.

Popeye wrote:

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Hey Jim what do you do when a eighteen wheeler pulls up along side of you & its one of those cold carriers. Having his refrigeration on all night.

A tell him to shut it of?

B shift? 

 

 

 

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 Don't camp at truck rest areas

Well, well, I can post. Its been a long time, computer problem that solved itself hopefully I was just reading the gennie debate, though I have no real issue, but will write to see if this posts It is still amasing that these issue come around every so often,and nothing really changes. I have noticed that more and more people are purchasing "quiet" gennies and some of these are so quiet, its hard to know they are running. Maybe thats the change we are all after I have been doing seasonal harvest work for the past two years, travelling the remainder. While doing this I noticed that with the ability to have more power, more gadgets are taken, ie airconds, tv, kitchen gadgets. While this makes a home away from home, it has reduced the social side. I see so many pulling up and then spending all their time inside. Makes me wonder why they left home in the first place. well lets see if this posts