inexpensive long-term stay in Sonora?
I'm thinking of going to Mexico this winter rather than the US as I'm getting dangerously close to spending enough time in the US as to have to file income tax there. :E Going to Mexico is really i...
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The amount of cooking has very little effect on how long the propane tank lasts. The biggest propane eater is not a stove, but fridge, and in a cold weather - furnace.
Stove takes mere 3-5 lbs a month with hot meals 2-3 times a day. Fridge takes 1.2-2.0 lbs a DAY. Furnace takes 1.5 lb an HOUR (which could be 4 or 5 lbs a night from 6 pm to 6 am depending on the cycle, i.e. on outside temperature). In December through February the furnace alone may take 130 lbs a month - while stove would take 4 lbs a month.
Your total propane costs could exceed $80 a month, which is still not much, but it all ads up. With the camp, say, $150 a month - and this would be without water hookup and hardly with any facilities on the beach- you are at $230 a month, and we haven't touched the generator yet. And there are other costs as well. Cheaper beaches don't - usually - have good stores nearby, so get into your pickup and drive 10, 15 or 20 miles. Living on the coast, and with both motorhome and a car, is not going to be cheap.
Stove takes mere 3-5 lbs a month with hot meals 2-3 times a day. Fridge takes 1.2-2.0 lbs a DAY. Furnace takes 1.5 lb an HOUR (which could be 4 or 5 lbs a night from 6 pm to 6 am depending on the cycle, i.e. on outside temperature). In December through February the furnace alone may take 130 lbs a month - while stove would take 4 lbs a month.
Your total propane costs could exceed $80 a month, which is still not much, but it all ads up. With the camp, say, $150 a month - and this would be without water hookup and hardly with any facilities on the beach- you are at $230 a month, and we haven't touched the generator yet. And there are other costs as well. Cheaper beaches don't - usually - have good stores nearby, so get into your pickup and drive 10, 15 or 20 miles. Living on the coast, and with both motorhome and a car, is not going to be cheap.
