What did you do to your Class C MH today???

Hi,

I found out how much I still owe on the RV.

pianotuna wrote:
Hi rehoppe,

My experiment got interrupted but the results were clear.

Cool down time defined as fridge starts to cycle.

14 hours cool down time without external fans (4.2 kwh)

8 hours cool down time with external fans (2.4 kwh)

5 hours cool down time with external fans and "blue ice" bricks in the freezer. (1.5 kwh)

While I have not ran test on ours but I run propane and I usaly use Ice cubes in both freezer (1 gallon zip lock bag) and fridge (1 gallon zip lock bag 1/2 full) plus item we put in it, so using it as an ice chest at first more or less.. I usaly have about 2 hr pull down time to about 42 degrees. Also the Ice cubes in the freezer are used as ice cubes as they do not melt.. Most times however we start it in the morning when we come up with some reason to go and depart with in an hour of starting it..

pianotuna, is the power for the external fans included in the 2.4 kwh? Doing the math it doesn't look like it is.

Interesting.

Hi rehoppe,

My experiment got interrupted but the results were clear.

Cool down time defined as fridge starts to cycle.

14 hours cool down time without external fans (4.2 kwh)

8 hours cool down time with external fans (2.4 kwh)

5 hours cool down time with external fans and "blue ice" bricks in the freezer. (1.5 kwh)

Hi all,

Filled the fresh water tanks.

Hi rehoppe,

I do not know. Mine are Uni-Solar panels that are much larger than the average panel, size wise. If there is power available the best bet is a grid tied system (read, no batteries, no rewiring to 12 volt). Costs for panels are hovering around about $1.00 per watt.

PT
How many square feet does it take to make 256 watts? Is that the latest tech, or a previous iteration?

Still looking at about doing something on a 8'x36' south facing tin roof @ my Doghouse. It's just shy of 5/12 pitch. In Colorado of course. The charge for Sparks up there is $.16 per KWH, so it might be more cost effective than here in Denver Co where it's $.0625 KWH.

I'm hoping to get it to pay out before I drop dead, ya know. Other issue is that I don't currently use and 12vdc there at all. So I'll lose some to the converter, as well.

I haven't been too active on the site since joining some time back, I've been working on getting my MH back up and running. After having let my 2001, 31' Winnebago Class C, sit idle for the better part of 7 years, I just finished up "recommissioning" it.

Fortunately, I guess, living here in SoCal, the coach hasn't been subjected to the extremes in weather and such... and it was stored between my house and garage, where the sun didn't beat down on it constantly.

I removed and resealed all the roof openings, cleaned out all the accumulated grunge that collected in water heater, refrigerator and heater assemblies and rebuilt the generator's carburetor and serviced the unit.

Today, I had all 6 tires replaced, installed all new batteries and changed the engine oil.

I'm going to be takin' it on a "shakedown" to Yosemite next week, so hopefully, all the work I did will hold together.

I'm sure a few snafus will pop up, but nothing major... (fingers crossed)

Hi rehoppe,

Yes, I do have solar. But only 256 watts. The absorption fridge draws nearly 5 kwh's per day, so I can manage *one* day without going below 50% state of charge.

I could probably manage to run a regular compressor fridge or one with a Danfoss compressor on the solar I do have.

PT
Don't you have solar? Or do you not have enough to just leave it running? Years gone by, (not this year), I just left mine plugged in and Frig running.