So glad to help :) have a great day.

So happy to be of help :)

So glad it was helpful Robin :)

I am so glad it helped you guys :) check out our "how to" playlist. We have been getting footage to make a how to boondock video and I would love to know what questions you would want that video to answer.

I'm so glad to be of help :)

I'm so happy it was helpful to you :)

Thank you :)

Your welcome :)

I am so happy this video helped you, stay safe!

Hi. What size generator? I just bought a 1400w just to run my fridge and keep my batteries topped off in my 30amp camper. I know about the 30 to 15 amp plug but just checking if it will work to power up everything in the camper minus the a/c and microwave without tripping. Thanks

So happy that this video was able to help you :)

So glad to help :)

I'm so glad we were able to help :) check out our channel for more rv how to videos

Thank you :)

Thanks you, glad to have you:)

Thank you rocky :)

Thank you so much :)

Thank you Sherise :)

Best of luck Donald

Thank you for watching:)

I'm so glad it helped! Where do yall usually boondock?

@@rockinroamin1958 National Forrest in Wyoming

@@michaelquillen2679 we have only passed through Wyoming a few times but would love to know the best place to visit. What is the forest called?

@@rockinroamin1958 The Medicine Bow National Forest, between Laramie and Saratoga, WY. One can truly boondock (say in the Cinnabar Park area) or, use the primitive Forest Service campgrounds (but they cost a few $$)

@@michaelquillen2679 good to know we will definitely check that area out!

Your welcome :)

Awesome :) glad to help

I'm glad it answer some of your questions. Thank you for the advice, we definitely need to get one of those. :)

Great eye Blake, Tacoma is full Catahoula and Artimay is Catahoula and blue tick. They are our babies :)

@@rockinroamin1958 I know them because Bailey is our 11 year old Catahoula "puppy." Your dogs are gorgeous.

@@blakeberlin6295 thank you so much :)

Thank you it's insanely warm and even keeps the back of the neck and ears warm.

That's great to hear, come back and let us know how it dies after your first test run

Hi. I’m buying the 1400w predator for the same thing. Just to maintain the battery for now. The new RPod camper fridge doesn’t run on propane. Crazy huh? So I just want a small generator I can fit in the compartment when not in use. I’ve had the Honda 2200i for my last camper but just making sure even the small 1400w won’t trip automatically when plugged in. I won’t run the microwave or a/c of course.

Hey Chester I found them in the rv section of my local Walmart you can also find them on Amazon by searching "rv dogbone converter".

@@rockinroamin1958 that's exactly the term i needed to know. thank you so much!

You can purchase an anti-theft device from a Honda dealer. It's a metal piece that covers the handle and makes for a very secure system when you lock the generator to something with a chain or cable.

I would say the cord is probably about 30ft and I haven't checked for voltage drop or for charging time exactly but you can use an online voltage drop calculator if u are worried but it shouldn't be much of an issue. Also it takes at least a few hours to charge up.

Great tip!

Hey salty, we have been full time for 2 years now. We originally had a detailing shop and then started doing online creation. The online creation didn't make money though so now we have a trucking company and just work from wherever we happen to be. There are lots of different ways to make money on the road, you just have to find the right one for you.

@@rockinroamin1958 You have a trucking company?

@@RastusMcbride we did last year but covid messed it up and so now we are living in Dallas Texas and working normal jobs to save money and travel again :)

Rockin and Roanin I would love to know how you run a trucking company on the road. I am thinking of doing something similar like hotshotting

@@nathanrascon4846 Hey Nathan so what we did was we created our own authority and had our own DOT and MC number. Then we joined truckstop. com's load boards and we would simply look at the areas where loads were plentiful move the RV there and then we had a second truck that we would use to pull our goosneck flatbed and then we would just leave the RV while we went out on some trucking trips and then when we could we would catch a load home take a week or 2 off and then do it again. The issue that we found was all of the good loads are in major city areas and some city areas and so you're not really going to be in the wilderness like we liked and then with gas inflation and everything else that happened the Profit margins became very small. We felt that it might have been better if instead of opening our own company with simply bought a truck and worked for someone else's company. But what really probably would have been the best is if we had just done semi trucking rather than hot shooting. It was a great way to see all the rest of the States though and we enjoyed it while it lasted. We did end up quitting that though selling our truck and settling in Dallas for a while ,now we are working normal jobs while trying to find a way to finance traveling again.

Hey Mary I'm not completely sure on the answer to that. especially because different RVs charge at different rates and it depends on how drained your battery is and your battery size. We have two deep cycle batteries one is 100 amp hours and one is 200 amp hours and I believe it takes us most of the day to charge them if we haven't charged them in a few days but I know that six volt batteries act differently. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to help answer this question for you but hopefully someone will chime in that knows more than I do. the good news though is that the generator will charge them and you should have a button on your control panel in your RV that will show you what charge level they're at once you unplug from the generator.

@@rockinroamin1958 thanks for the feedback! Always lots to learn, makes it fun!

Hi question. Im going to buy a small 1400w generator from a friend just to keep my battery topped off and run the 12v fridge. I can’t believe these new 2024 Rpods got rid of the propane refrigerator. I don’t need the a/c right now obviously so I’m just wondering when you plug yours in.. assuming it’s a regular 30amp camper.. does it trip the generator automatically? Of course I’ll have the 110 adapter to plug into the small generator. Just making sure before I buy it from him. It’s only $200 bucks for a small 1400 predator and best thing it fits in my compartment. I’ll get a bigger one come the spring/summer to run the a/c. Thanks in advance

That's a great suggestion John it might not be bad to do just for safety purposes.

Hey Trevor, the ac will run on the generator. You can't run any other big appliances though and you can only run 1 ac. P.s. our ac is 15000btu

@@rockinroamin1958 Thanks for the reply. We just got a small travel trailer for our first camper and I'll definitely be following your channel to learn more!

@@tfwoodcraft thank you so much Trevor I'm glad it helped. Let me know if there is a topic you would like us to make a video about so that we can help more people.

Great point thank you for chiming in :)

As a generator technician i agree! Kind of surprised there’s no breaker to easily and safely shut off/on the load

Nit as far as I am aware

From my understanding the connector has a "ground pin" that provides a low resistance path back to the generator in case of a ground fault.

You should have no issues, if you wanted to be extra careful I would open one at a time.

@@rockinroamin1958 Got it. thanks. Thanks for your videos.

It should

That's a great question, I'm not sure though.

Care to explain how he hooks up a 20amp cord when the camper only has a 50amp hookup?

It still feeds the whole panel, No matter what size panel you have you're still going gonna have one line and one neutral bar. 30 amps versus 50 amps just means how much total power your RV can handle so a 50 amp RV can still run off 30 amps but if you have a 30 amp supply of power you just won't be able to run all of your appliances at once (for example you probably couldnt run 2 ac units and the microwave and and electric water heater on 30 amps but you could probably do it if you turned off one of the ac units) whereas a 30 amp RV cannot use 50 amps because the main 30 amp breaker would trip once you got past 30 amps of demand

Most likely your lights are led (very low power consumption), and run off your battery/batteries. Once your gen has fully charged your battery. The low trickle of power needed to run your lights will not effect your gen much at all. Even if you have no battery's (12 volt lighting), the led lights will still not be a problem.

Oh and btw. I always keep a 12 pack of solar lights in my storage compartment. Y'know the ones you would put on a walkway outside a home. I find these really handy inside and out of my rv when I travel. Just in case I need them.

Yes it will :)

Mine is only a 2200 and can run all my lights and plug and propane furnace and one large appliance. I would assume a 3000 could probably run everything except 2 ac units at the same time. There are calculators online called energy use calculators that will tell you how much electricity each thing in your rv uses. You can then compare that to the rated output of your generator to get a more exact answer.

Over 1000 hours and still no issues. Starts first pull everything usually.

Rockin' & Roamin' how many hrs did u use it per day, i mean very roughly on average

@@tomzhang8675 I would estimate 10-14 hours a day 3-5 days a week.

@@rockinroamin1958 omg

TV does not draw very much power.

Great idea

Haha thank you

I thinknits is not a true inverter but it turns direct engine power into 30amp ac power

It produces 12VDC, then the inverter in it changes it to 120AC, Hence the name "Inverter Generator" and also why it can run various speeds depending on load.

Hey Stephen, leave me your email in the comments and I will email you :)

It is the land of entrapment, it does have its beauty though and thank you :)