Induction cook tops in most new Coaches?
We're in the market for a diesel pusher within the next year - finally making the jump from travel trailer. While at the Tampa show last week, we noticed almost all new diesel coaches seem to have th...
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The diesel generator typically uses 0.4 to 0.6 gallons per hour when it is being used. It might be a bit more but still less than a gallon per hour even if fully loaded (cooking, residential fridge on a cooling cycle, all air conditioners on full, etc.).
Unless you are cooking 24 hours a day it shouldn't be a problem even when boondocking or off grid for a week at a time.
Your charger/inverter will have generator control to automatically start the generator when batteries are low then turn it off when charged. Reports I've heard are people run the generator in the morning (while cooking breakfast?) and in the evening (cooking dinner?) and run on batteries without problem the rest of the time. Total usage maybe 2 gallons per day. You can stay disconnected for a LOT of days that way!
Diesel generators are much more efficient than gas generators you are familiar with from your trailer and combined with the large (100 gallon?) fuel tank you have a LOT of capacity. Plus you can burn through a lot of propane particularly when it is also being used to heat the coach on a cool night.
Finally, induction cooking is more efficient than propane. The pans get hotter, faster but you still have the instant heat control that gas gives (if it is burning turn it down and get instant response). Induction is SO much nicer to cook with than the miserable, low BTU propane burners that my wife (former chef) insists that replacing our propane burners with and induction cooktop is a HIGH PRIORITY upgrade for us!
Unless you are cooking 24 hours a day it shouldn't be a problem even when boondocking or off grid for a week at a time.
Your charger/inverter will have generator control to automatically start the generator when batteries are low then turn it off when charged. Reports I've heard are people run the generator in the morning (while cooking breakfast?) and in the evening (cooking dinner?) and run on batteries without problem the rest of the time. Total usage maybe 2 gallons per day. You can stay disconnected for a LOT of days that way!
Diesel generators are much more efficient than gas generators you are familiar with from your trailer and combined with the large (100 gallon?) fuel tank you have a LOT of capacity. Plus you can burn through a lot of propane particularly when it is also being used to heat the coach on a cool night.
Finally, induction cooking is more efficient than propane. The pans get hotter, faster but you still have the instant heat control that gas gives (if it is burning turn it down and get instant response). Induction is SO much nicer to cook with than the miserable, low BTU propane burners that my wife (former chef) insists that replacing our propane burners with and induction cooktop is a HIGH PRIORITY upgrade for us!
