Rambling thoughts on LP and genset and such
93 Toyota Sea Breeze I noticed that the outside LP tank compartment is much smaller than the inside area. Which is the bottom of the closet in the bathroom. out side is 24X14X14, inside is 33X2...
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I'm assuming this is a built-in, permanently mounted tank, and not a space for portable bottles such as are used with BBQ grills. If it's the latter, this post won't make too much sense--just a fair warning.
Are you looking at the entire tank compartment, or just the portion visible from the outside door? I suspect maybe if you look up from underneath the vehicle, you'll see that the propane tank is larger than you expect and takes up most of the space there. I know my motorhome's propane tank is larger than the access panel view would tend to lead me to believe. (The propane tank should be in a space open on the bottom, or at the very least very well ventilated, so other than crawling around it should be pretty straightforward to see how large it actually is.)
At any rate, I can't see how replacing the tank with a generator would affect the handling or balance or anything badly. The tank, particularly when full, probably weighs not vastly more or less than a generator installation would. It seems like a practical approach to me, albeit with the problem of not having propane available. Maybe you could get a smaller propane tank that fits where the existing generator is and basically swap functions.
Of course, any such changes will require running electric wires and fuel lines and gas lines and so forth; it wouldn't be a trivial project due to the many details and the obvious need for safe installations.
Are you looking at the entire tank compartment, or just the portion visible from the outside door? I suspect maybe if you look up from underneath the vehicle, you'll see that the propane tank is larger than you expect and takes up most of the space there. I know my motorhome's propane tank is larger than the access panel view would tend to lead me to believe. (The propane tank should be in a space open on the bottom, or at the very least very well ventilated, so other than crawling around it should be pretty straightforward to see how large it actually is.)
At any rate, I can't see how replacing the tank with a generator would affect the handling or balance or anything badly. The tank, particularly when full, probably weighs not vastly more or less than a generator installation would. It seems like a practical approach to me, albeit with the problem of not having propane available. Maybe you could get a smaller propane tank that fits where the existing generator is and basically swap functions.
Of course, any such changes will require running electric wires and fuel lines and gas lines and so forth; it wouldn't be a trivial project due to the many details and the obvious need for safe installations.
