Generator

Roadmaker · Newbie

Generator

Radar · Guru

Roadmaker wrote:
Hi have a 6KVA diesel generator which i use to run my gear when free camping it has it owe silence box plus it is inside my iveco which i have sound proofed as well it DB was 72 now it 62 DB which when running to me does not seem loud (half deaf anyway) i one trip i was approached by a couple that it was to loud could not sleep at this point was 8.30 am in the morning and my generator was running the night before from around 5.30 when i pull up there to around 9.15 Pm this was to run my freezer , after a heated discussion they left after telling me i was a *%%$%&*(^&%$ and a bit more , after i settle down i pack up and started off for the day , around 3 hours later who do i see on the side of the road but my friends from this morning , it seem that the a frame had started to bend and the could not go on , i let me know that they saw a welder in my Iveco and some steel and ask me to help fix the Van enough to get to the next town ,all of a sudden there are happy i had a generator to run my welder to fix them up

And this made you feel good.

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

You don't need a generator to weld.
I welded the chassis of this 80 series and the spring plate of the OKA using 2 batteries and a 24V DC MIG welder (that weighs 5kg). All recharged by solar.
Please don't camp anywhere near me.

Cheers,

Peter

subaru · Veteran Member

Hold on while i pull up a chair and cook the popcorn.Cheers

Bagmaker · Senior Member

dont worry Joe, I know lots of arseholes who can weld as well

Mousey · Senior Member

Gotta keep it generated. Dont see a problem

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Shouldnt need run it all night ? Unless he has health issues ? Then park away from others ., Good luck welding with batteries ! Like he had the rods, mask etc .

Jaahn · Guru

Hi Roadmaker, smile

Please do not come near me either if you run a generator half the night and morning. 62 Db is not quiet out in the bush and being half deaf you do not know anyway.

It is running gennies like that which causes most of the problems between free campers. furious

Justifing it by welding up some poor punters failure is not any excuse.

Jaahn

PS I have welded using batteries. It can work OK. You just need to carry the right rods.

-- Edited by Jaahn on Tuesday 20th of November 2018 08:57:20 PM

Dickodownunder · Guru

Roadmaker wrote:
Hi have a 6KVA diesel generator which i use to run my gear when free camping it has it owe silence box plus it is inside my iveco which i have sound proofed as well it DB was 72 now it 62 DB which when running to me does not seem loud (half deaf anyway) i one trip i was approached by a couple that it was to loud could not sleep at this point was 8.30 am in the morning and my generator was running the night before from around 5.30 when i pull up there to around 9.15 Pm this was to run my freezer , after a heated discussion they left after telling me i was a *%%$%&*(^&%$ and a bit more , after i settle down i pack up and started off for the day , around 3 hours later who do i see on the side of the road but my friends from this morning , it seem that the a frame had started to bend and the could not go on , i let me know that they saw a welder in my Iveco and some steel and ask me to help fix the Van enough to get to the next town ,all of a sudden there are happy i had a generator to run my welder to fix them up

Generators are like Weight Distribution Hitches... their use is not against the law.

While some may have a misguided idea that no person should use a generator... guess what... you are completely entitled to do so. If, due to battery condition or equipment needs you need to fire it up then do so.

While some members on here be them very few have gone to every length to have enough battery power to run a welder when someone is stranded in the most remote parts many carry generators and various electric tools that be cranked up as needed.

The last bloke I struck with a generator and a welder was repairing his boat trailer that some clown had run into while they were both travelling on a narrow track.

I bet he was glad he didnt have to wait until Mr Perfect Solar System came along with specialist equipment that would do the same job.

You did the right thing helping them even though they were rude to you and I bet it did not matter one ounce to them wether the welder was powered by a generator that produced 62 dB or a vehicle alternator replenishing the load on a lithium battery bank.

-- Edited by Dickodownunder on Tuesday 20th of November 2018 09:13:00 PM

woofta and precious · Senior Member

Mmm... Popcorn, and maybe even 3D glasses could be involved?

Phillipn · Guru

Dickodownunder wrote:
Roadmaker wrote:
Hi have a 6KVA diesel generator which i use to run my gear when free camping it has it owe silence box plus it is inside my iveco which i have sound proofed as well it DB was 72 now it 62 DB which when running to me does not seem loud (half deaf anyway) i one trip i was approached by a couple that it was to loud could not sleep at this point was 8.30 am in the morning and my generator was running the night before from around 5.30 when i pull up there to around 9.15 Pm this was to run my freezer , after a heated discussion they left after telling me i was a *%%$%&*(^&%$ and a bit more , after i settle down i pack up and started off for the day , around 3 hours later who do i see on the side of the road but my friends from this morning , it seem that the a frame had started to bend and the could not go on , i let me know that they saw a welder in my Iveco and some steel and ask me to help fix the Van enough to get to the next town ,all of a sudden there are happy i had a generator to run my welder to fix them up
Generators are like Weight Distribution Hitches... their use is not against the law.
While some may have a misguided idea that no person should use a generator... guess what... you are completely entitled to do so. If, due to battery condition or equipment needs you need to fire it up then do so.
While some members on here be them very few have gone to every length to have enough battery power to run a welder when someone is stranded in the most remote parts many carry generators and various electric tools that be cranked up as needed.
The last bloke I struck with a generator and a welder was repairing his boat trailer that some clown had run into while they were both travelling on a narrow track.
I bet he was glad he didnt have to wait until Mr Perfect Solar System came along with specialist equipment that would do the same job.
You did the right thing helping them even though they were rude to you and I bet it did not matter one ounce to them wether the welder was powered by a generator that produced 62 dB or a vehicle alternator replenishing the load on a lithium battery bank.

-- Edited by Dickodownunder on Tuesday 20th of November 2018 09:13:00 PM

I like your reply Dickodownunder, I knew that this post would wake the anti-generator mob, prompting them to open their violin cases and play a tune that can be heard all over the country. disbelief yawn hmm

Paintar · Veteran Member

Desert Dweller · Guru

-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Wednesday 21st of November 2018 05:54:12 AM

mezza56 · Senior Member

Wow what an attack on a guy that obviously has made some attempt to silence his beast of a generator and further more was samaritan enough to help another traveller let alone someone that abused him .I haven't used our generator hardly at all, its mainly for the odd chance that I need to top up batteries or run some elect appliance non 12v . If I was in a bush camp I'd probably let the others know (if only a few) that I have to use it for a while might save an argument. But in the end neither you nor I own the campsites and its tough titties .

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

But in the end neither you nor I own the campsites and its tough titties .

I guess that sums up this whole debate (and that of grey water and others too).

It amounts to a lack of consideration of others and the environment that we all live in.

"Me, me, me .. " Very sad.

Cheers,

Peter

Dickodownunder · Guru

Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
But in the end neither you nor I own the campsites and its tough titties .
I guess that sums up this whole debate (and that of grey water and others too).
It amounts to a lack of consideration of others and the environment that we all live in.
"Me, me, me .. " Very sad.
Cheers,
Peter

A bit like the group who strap themselves to equipment to prevent the harvesting of trees but have no problems going home to their timber framed home at night or protest at a power station but still turn the lights on and enjoy the comfort of their electric blanket at night.

Them, them, them.. Very confusing.

There are a lot more serious factors affecting our earth than a bloke running a gen set to help a fellow out or for that matter for a few hours to run his freezer or top up his batteries.

if the guy with the bent drawbar had it repaired in an engineering or boilermakers workshop then nothing would have been said.

Same just different???

-- Edited by Dickodownunder on Wednesday 21st of November 2018 10:56:30 AM

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Can I add a power point lead to discussion to get things really going ? Lol what imazes me at times . You can be parked out in the middle no one for 1000s of miles . Wake up in the morning with 20 or so canpers parked around . I was sitting upone night watching sat TV . Rugby test . 2 AM in the morning . Next a knock on the door to be quiet . He had just pulled up ! FFS 100.000 acteas out there and this guy parks with in 20m and complains about the noise !! The second HAKA that night I tell you ! Btw we won the rugby test !

DeBe · Guru

The problem Aus-Kiwi is the noise of the generator attracts those types of people, like moths to a flame. When I camp I try to avoid people as they tend to start up there rattly diesels very early in the morning & warm them up. Its the starting of the engine that wakes me up. If only they would leave them running all night I could handle that. Im used to engines running 24/7.

-- Edited by DeBe on Wednesday 21st of November 2018 12:42:56 PM

Ron-D · Guru

Lets simplify this would anyone in there right mind look foreword to someone running a NOISEY machine camped alongside them,would any one mind someone that uses it RESPONSIBLY at sensible hours for very short periods of time ,theres no need for them these days for anything but a Back up system,to be used on very rare occasions ,not to torture people for your self centred needs theres no point in it....

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Its a bit like putting your finger in warm water to tell how hot it is ? To one person a noise is nothing . To another ? Its the end of the world . Then theres others who complain about a quiet generator . But drive in and out of camp all night in their Harlies . You have to be kidding !! Then theres the type . You have what I want and envy. So bag the things you have . Sheesh

BruDi · Senior Member

Joe said he ran it from 5:30 pm till about 9:15 pm. Hardly a major problem I feel. Perhaps a better way to approach him would have been in a more friendly manner enquiring how long he felt he would need to run it. Softly, softly is a much better approach; better outcomes for all.

Di

Ron-D · Guru

BruDi wrote:
Joe said he ran it from 5:30 pm till about 9:15 pm. Hardly a major problem I feel. Perhaps a better way to approach him would have been in a more friendly manner enquiring how long he felt he would need to run it. Softly, softly is a much better approach; better outcomes for all.

Di

Thats when were watching tv biggrin

blaze · Guru

Ron-D wrote:
BruDi wrote:
Joe said he ran it from 5:30 pm till about 9:15 pm. Hardly a major problem I feel. Perhaps a better way to approach him would have been in a more friendly manner enquiring how long he felt he would need to run it. Softly, softly is a much better approach; better outcomes for all.

Di
Thats when were watching tv

well, turn ya bloody tv down I cant hear my gennie biggrin biggrin

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Leave in the the bottle . Lol

Greg 1 · Guru

Like you say Aus-kiwi, you can camp in a 1000 acre paddock, no one around, start the genny and in 20 seconds some wally is knocking on your door complaining about it and they have camped right on top of you. Stopped for the night at a Nullabor camp recently. Lots of room and didn't come close to being full all night but had a pair of Muppets pull in right against our van so close they were battling to open the door of their motorhome. If I had rolled over in bed too far, I would have been cuddling his missus. Fair dinkum there are some inconsiderate morons out there.

Aus-Kiwi · Guru

Plenty of room on Nullarbor too . Especially west side .

Roadmaker · Newbie

Sorry if i upset some people was not my intention , in regards to my post i was on a old stockpile location ( i use to work for the Government doing Bitumen road works ) that where i usually stop for the night 9 time out 10 there is no one around but this time they saw my lights and drove in anyway such is life , once again sorry to upset some off you but i am in a iveco towing my 21ft caravan with Road maker on it so is you see that you wont have to park near me and get upset

Radar · Guru

Roadmaker wrote:
Sorry if i upset some people was not my intention , in regards to my post i was on a old stockpile location ( i use to work for the Government doing Bitumen road works ) that where i usually stop for the night 9 time out 10 there is no one around but this time they saw my lights and drove in anyway such is life , once again sorry to upset some off you but i am in a iveco towing my 21ft caravan with Road maker on it so is you see that you wont have to park near me and get upset

Yep in wich case I would think in your life style you really justify carrying the generator.

I retract my reply about "that would makes you happy".

If you are parked in a gravel pit you go for it.