> What was their logic behind generator restrictions? noise?
No generators before 8 am or after 8 pm. Which theoretically left 12 hours a day to run the generator, except that it was in the back of my pickup and even if I had unloaded it I wouldn't want to run it while we were gone. We would leave for the day around 10 am and get back around 7 pm, leaving only about three hours a day to run the generator. Which would have been plenty of time to charge the battery if the power converter had gone into 'boost' mode. Now my Honda inverter generator doesn't make much more noise than a car idling, but there were bozos in the park who insisted on running contractor-grade generators, so the Kampground Kop would come through the park at ten after eight and shut everybody down.
> So how could you use AC with generator restrictions?
Never needed it. Certainly not at night, when the temperature would drop down to the forties.
> If you used truck to drive around, have an extra battery in truck and use truck's alternator to charge it?
Actually, I did think of that. My Duramax has two batteries, so I wanted to borrow one and put it in the camper, but I didn't have all the tools I needed to get either battery out. I am going to bring some jumper cables next time so I can charge the RV battery off the truck alternator in a pinch. With a 180 amp alternator, it shouldn't take long.
> Are you planning on installing solar to charge batteries?
First priority is to fix the power converter issue. Then I might add another battery or switch to LiFePo4 batteries. Then maybe add some solar panels.
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