Oliver-
If you were really really good, you could go one step further and mount a
gasoline powered Honda generator under the hood of the pull vehicle
(obviously you need to consider the space issue); even further away from the
trailer and with a fuel supply tapped into the gas line from the pull
vehicle.
You could even have a auto start line back through the 7-pin connection to
start the generator from the trailer....very tricky for those who think
about these things.
SteveC
'69 Caravel in TC, Mich.
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From: "Carol and Oliver Filippi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of VACList" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:01 PM
Subject: [VAC] Small diesel generators
> There has been some discussion of fuel for generators (propane, gasoline,
> diesel).
>
> In espousing the advantages of diesel, it seems to me you have all ignored
> the noise issue, especially if the diesel idles under light load.
>
> The diesel is a lot more difficult to silence, and is particularly prone
to
> "diesel knock" at low speeds and light loads.
>
> I don't believe the technology is commercially available to produce a
> "quiet" diesel (but ought to be available in a few years.) Of course
> there is always a big sound insulating box!
>
> The only quiet diesel I know of is the GM/Isuzu Duramax which uses new
> computer controlled fuel injection and direct injection into the
combustion
> chamber. I would be surprised if GM/Isuzu has not patented the fuel
> injection trick they use to virtually eliminate diesel knock. [ But then
GM
> did not keep it's Cadillac Northstar technology (which allows the engine
to
> run for miles without coolant) to itself.]
>
> The amazing quiet is the hallmark of the Honda portable gasoline unit.
>
> For what it's worth: Many years ago I asked an old Airstream dealer (who
> had equipped several boondocking safaris) why there was no generator in
the
> trailer. His answer was that the best place for a generator was in the
tow
> vehicle (not the trailer) so you could distance the generator from the
> trailer to minimize noise, vibration and exhaust fumes. I think the same
> laws of physics still hold.
>
> Oliver Filippi
>
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