Generator

I found the same thing. I ran it past rangers a few times, and they had no problems with it provided it is quiet, and off at a reasonable hour. Went to campers on either side- about 10m from us, to see if it bothered them and they didnt even know we had one going.

With the exception of staying in a place where people are setup almost ontop of each other, I am yet to have a drama.

Beatit,
you sound like a pretty reasonable guy, but not everyone is. One year we were camped at the Deua River Park in NSW and a guy had a generator (noisy) running all day and at about 10 pm asked (politely) if he was going to turn it off soon. As a result we had a crazed lunatic threatening violence and a generator running til 1.00 am. Also, the limited camping area was lit up like the suburbs, and we had Slim Dusty booming from his stereo.
My point is, if generators are not permitted you shouldn't have to complain to the owner to get them to turn it off. I think you should assume that people have gone bush to get away from noise and street lights, and having to make complaints.

Motherhen,

That's an interesting post - re the Honda 20i genny. I was in Camec in Perth yesterday looking at all sorts of stuff and asked what size genny was required to run a Heron 2.2 van air con unit. The guy said if it was powered by a Honda 20i then it would run ok. Any other genny and you'd need a 3 Kva unit.

What size aircon unit did you have running off the Honda??

Thanks,

Bilbo

Our Dometic air con (can't find where i recorded the size) recommends 3.5 kva genny, but all the Bushtracker people on the forum who use gennies, use the Honda 20i. Don't try and run anything else at the same time though. It did "trip" 2 or 3 times with us - the power goes off but the genny still runs - just turn it off to reset and start again. The Dometic air con has heating and cooling switches so it looks like it is reverse cycle, but it isn't; the heat cycle has a heater, and i wouldn't try running that from a genny. When we bought the Honda, the dealer didn't ask about what caravan air con we had, but said it would run a caravan air con and that we didn't need a bigger one (my husband was asking about the bigger EU30i or running 2 20i's in tandem). It is an inverter type (pure sine wave) so suitable for modern equipment that the cheaper converter type gennies aren't.

I knoe it's off the track abit but what did you think of kakadu & coburg peninsula What time of year were you there. Did you do any fishing?
We are heading up there in june this year and I would appreciate any information of where to camp? ect.

boshie

What size is your microwave?I have a small one and would like to be able to run it off a genny.Does it have to be a Honda one or will one of those bunnings one do the job? Is it safe to just hook it up and try or should one be a bit more careful ?,Thanks ,Mary