Residential fridge and boondocking
Have solar and propane fridge currently. Looking at a new MH with a residential fridge. It comes with a battery and small dedicated system. Can anyone tell me from experience how long this will allo...
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Hi,
Yup 700 buys a lot of fuel. In my case it would get me to Vancouver and 1/4 back. However, when the fuel is gone--you get to buy more. Whereas with the solar there is no cost.
If you think you can get 5% return on the 700.00 that would be $35 per year.
735 is about 230 gallons of fuel. If you are running a generator such as a Yamaha 3000 sIEB for 5 hours per day at 1/4 load, that is 230 days supply.
Of course, that doesn't allow anything for maintenance for the generator, nor anything on the cost price.
Yamaha suggests oil changes every 50 hours. If you DIY that's $2.50 every ten days. 20 x $2.50 = $50.00 per year. New air filter? How often and what price?
If the generator cost $2000 then at the same 5% it costs $100 per year in lost interest.
735 - 150 = $585.00 @ 3.25 per gallon that is only 180 days of use.
Please remember that is running the generator at only 1/4 of full speed.
Then you have the problem of exercising the genny. This can be quite inconvenient.
In comparison solar is virtually maintenance free.
In short, the more you use the RV the better deal solar becomes. Not to mention that battery life seems to be much better for RVs that have solar charging.
Yup 700 buys a lot of fuel. In my case it would get me to Vancouver and 1/4 back. However, when the fuel is gone--you get to buy more. Whereas with the solar there is no cost.
If you think you can get 5% return on the 700.00 that would be $35 per year.
735 is about 230 gallons of fuel. If you are running a generator such as a Yamaha 3000 sIEB for 5 hours per day at 1/4 load, that is 230 days supply.
Of course, that doesn't allow anything for maintenance for the generator, nor anything on the cost price.
Yamaha suggests oil changes every 50 hours. If you DIY that's $2.50 every ten days. 20 x $2.50 = $50.00 per year. New air filter? How often and what price?
If the generator cost $2000 then at the same 5% it costs $100 per year in lost interest.
735 - 150 = $585.00 @ 3.25 per gallon that is only 180 days of use.
Please remember that is running the generator at only 1/4 of full speed.
Then you have the problem of exercising the genny. This can be quite inconvenient.
In comparison solar is virtually maintenance free.
In short, the more you use the RV the better deal solar becomes. Not to mention that battery life seems to be much better for RVs that have solar charging.
