On Nov 4, 2009, at 12:29 PM, Jeffrey Vickers wrote:

> Campgrounds are the worst places to "get away" from civilization. I
> only use them when I absolutely have to. I use my Syncro to take me
> places that the yahoos can't get to.

agreed - me too.

> Spend the money on solar panels a put a big battery under the rear
> seat. The panels will never wear out
> and require zero maintenance. Leave the TV at home. Nobody "needs" a
> generator.

some folks like to camp with a tv - who am i to tell them they are
wrong.  and, as it happens, gail and i do need a generator if we're
gonna camp away from an electrical outlet for more than two days to
run our medical equipment.  otherwise i use electricity for our fridge
and a little for my ipod and external speakers... we do have a small
microwave but rarely use it, no tv, and in the winter the heater takes
some electricity - but the fridge takes less then.

i've been looking at a solar solution but everything i've looked at
cost a LOT of money by the time you add everything and get enough
capacity to keep our batteries charged.  we have the car battery, 120
amp/hrs of battery for the medical equipment and 100 amp/hrs for the
house batteries.

i know that we are sorta a special case but i bet there are lots of
folks in a similar situation.

I remain, as always
YrLyl&ObdntSrvnt,

r