adding propane to an 'all electric coach'
Kind of a odd-ball question here... A buddy just picked up his new Class A, forty footer. Now he is thinking he wants to add a 3-way fridge (120v, propane and 12v) and a propane tank. He thi...
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If its a new 40' I can guarantee it has at least four six volt batteries.
If he ran them down in a day, it wasn't the elec fridge; he must have been using the microwave, coffee maker, etc on the inverter.
He can go days on batteries with just the fridge and lights.
If he wants to run the other stuff, you have to run the genset.
If he wants to do more than a little dry camping, he needs to add solar and a battery meter and maybe an auto start option the the genset to start it when the batteries get low.
FYI a four door two way fridge like a Norcold 1200 will cost north of $4K. Not including plumbing the tank, etc. Just the unit.
Many folks take out their Norcold and replace with residential when they fail.
If he ran them down in a day, it wasn't the elec fridge; he must have been using the microwave, coffee maker, etc on the inverter.
He can go days on batteries with just the fridge and lights.
If he wants to run the other stuff, you have to run the genset.
If he wants to do more than a little dry camping, he needs to add solar and a battery meter and maybe an auto start option the the genset to start it when the batteries get low.
FYI a four door two way fridge like a Norcold 1200 will cost north of $4K. Not including plumbing the tank, etc. Just the unit.
Many folks take out their Norcold and replace with residential when they fail.
