Preparing RV for trip to Europe
We are planning a trip to Europe and are hoping to ship our truck (2008 Dodge RAM 3500) + truck camper (2014 Livin Lite Camplite 8.6c) from the US to Europe. Ideally, we'll be there for a few years t...
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I did 4 separate tours in Europe during my Air Force Days. We'd take all our household appliances and run them off transformers. It would be easy to wire one in-line to your power cord and power the whole trailer. I wouldn't expect you to have any issues with any electronics on the transformer, but induction type devices such as motors run a little hot on 50hz. I'd check the microwave, and air conditioner specifications and see if they rated 50/60 Hz or just 60 Hz. If they are only rated 60 Hz they might fail on you a little sooner than normal but you'll probably get away with it.
For my gas grill I used "Calor Gas" which were an exchange tank service like you see in America. I bought an adapter over there that allowed me to connect those tanks to my US gas grill. I didn't take an RV over there so I'm not sure how hard it would be to get tanks filled vs the exchange tanks, which I only used in England, not on the continent. To ship a propane tank you have to get it certified as drained and purged which cost as much as buying a new tank when I got over there.
I'm assuming you will have to register your truck in a country in Europe. I believe it will fail in any of the countries I can think of unless you add amber/yellow turn signals in the rear, and possibly a rear fog light depending on where you're registering it. You'll want to check on that before you ship your truck.
Sounds like a fun adventure.
For my gas grill I used "Calor Gas" which were an exchange tank service like you see in America. I bought an adapter over there that allowed me to connect those tanks to my US gas grill. I didn't take an RV over there so I'm not sure how hard it would be to get tanks filled vs the exchange tanks, which I only used in England, not on the continent. To ship a propane tank you have to get it certified as drained and purged which cost as much as buying a new tank when I got over there.
I'm assuming you will have to register your truck in a country in Europe. I believe it will fail in any of the countries I can think of unless you add amber/yellow turn signals in the rear, and possibly a rear fog light depending on where you're registering it. You'll want to check on that before you ship your truck.
Sounds like a fun adventure.
