Just wondering which way is cheaper?I use the fridge a lot on propane camping and I even use it to camp in the winter where I snowmobile so the furnace gets used also.With all that use in 3 years I only used 12 gallons of propane. I can get propane for 3 bucks a gallon. So I used 36 dollars worth in 3 years.Seems really cheap. At home though I leave it on auto which means it's on electric.My electric cost about 15 cents a kilowatt hour after taxes and delivery. I'm not really good enough at math to figure out which is cheaper. Anybody have a clue or/and is it better to use one over the other?

3 buck propane is expensive for around here. It's currently $2.65 the place I go. But even so, I run it on shore power as much as possible. Plugged in at a campground, the electric is generally built into the site price, whether I use it or not (meaning it's free to use, since I already paid for it). On the road or boon docking, I have no choice but propane. Neither is going to break the bank, though.

With so little usage the difference between the cost of the 2 wouldn't buy you a cup of coffee. Interesting exercise if you want but not worth the time.

Hi,On electric it will use about 4.8 kwh per day.

I will say that's some pretty expensive electricity.

I used to have a chart of which is cheaper but throw it out when I was driving to propane re-fill place at 10 mpg (Class C) to get tank to re-filler.

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KD4UPL
Explorer II
Jun 23, 2014
With those costs propane is cheaper. I've worked out the math on home appliances. Around here I pay about $.11 per kWh for electricity. If propane is $3.24 per gallon or less then propane is cheaper. So for you, propane is much cheaper.
Capt_Storm
Explorer
Jun 23, 2014
pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

On electric it will use about 4.8 kwh per day.

So about 75 cents a day..thanks.
Capt_Storm
Explorer
Jun 23, 2014
2oldman wrote:
I will say that's some pretty expensive electricity.

I'm in ny..aint nothing cheap..you outta see my taxes! lol

We hardy ever rent sites with electric..mostly always boondock.

I guess it's not worth trying to figure it out like what was said.
I know our e bill goes up when it's plugged in. A lot of that is prolly the battery's getting charged so I turn the disconnect switch off a lot more then I used to.
About 25 a month here at home just to have it plugged in it seems,hard to tell.
path1
Explorer
Jun 23, 2014
I used to have a chart of which is cheaper but throw it out when I was driving to propane re-fill place at 10 mpg (Class C) to get tank to re-filler.
2oldman
Explorer II
Jun 23, 2014
I will say that's some pretty expensive electricity.
pianotuna
Nomad III
Jun 23, 2014
Hi,

On electric it will use about 4.8 kwh per day.
hmknightnc
Explorer
Jun 23, 2014
With so little usage the difference between the cost of the 2 wouldn't buy you a cup of coffee. Interesting exercise if you want but not worth the time.
naturist
Nomad II
Jun 23, 2014
3 buck propane is expensive for around here. It's currently $2.65 the place I go. But even so, I run it on shore power as much as possible. Plugged in at a campground, the electric is generally built into the site price, whether I use it or not (meaning it's free to use, since I already paid for it). On the road or boon docking, I have no choice but propane. Neither is going to break the bank, though.

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