Buying advice (again)
I've decided that I am not going to finance an RV, but I still want one that I can pay cash for. I've resigned myself to the fact that it is going to be older and probably need some real work. I am ve...
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DaHose wrote:
That looks like a pretty good buy.
Propane tank is fine as long as it doesn't leak.
Vents are an easy fix.
The fridge issue can be resolved with either a new $1800 fridge, or batteries/inverter and a small residential fridge. Pick your poison.
My fridge was dead when I bought mine and the price tag of a new tri-power was unappealing. Like you, I am also quite handy. I knew we would have power hookups at most places we might go and running the generator is usually not a problem. My choice was to buy a fridge for $500. I ran that way for about 2 years and have now added an inverter with cutover relay. Price of inverter, cutover parts and batteries is about $450. The Ford E-350 chassis also has holes on the driver side frame to mount extra batteries.
If you will be off grid a lot, then it would be more convenient to just bite the bullet and get a tri-power fridge.
Unless .... you plan to boondock a whole bunch and will add on a hard core solar array. Then you have a whole nother' can of worms to think about. ;-)
Jose
I don't know that we plan to boondock 'a whole bunch' but I'd certainly like to from time to time. I might be installing a solar array and perhaps put batteries where the genset currently sits... time will tell. First I need to deal with the refrigerator issue.
Is it feasible to run an electric fridge off batteries and solar?
