[bushpilot]

done right I'd put enough power behind it to run an air conditioner (4kw) - but thats not necessary really - since its just the wife and I now (dog is gone too)

really (driving) the only reason we ran the gen was for Air Conditioning for our Old English Sheep Dog. I dry camp at several motorsports events (NASA, MotoGP, Sports Car Vintage, College football/tailgate) but thats usually w/ my beer swilling guy friends - so there is no need for AC current/power during the day (if I had some solar I probably wouldn't run the generator at all on race weekends)...since I really only run it to recover the batteries.