Water and Gas Usage Rates

doghouseman wrote:
I am new to RVing and I am pretty sure I would like to do some boondocking.

If possible, could someone give me an estimate of water usage rates for one person?

I am looking at a trailer with a 78 gallon fresh water tank, which seems sufficient. I guess I am wondering how quickly I would go through that water?

Also, lets say I am in a warm environment and want to run my generator during the middle of the day for AC? How much gas/propane can I expect to go through?

I am looking at getting a Cummins Onan 3.6K with a 60 lb propane tank.

Thanks

Concernig the reduction of fresh water use from faucets: A neat little trick is to install onto each faucet outlet a water restrictor that is rated at around 0.5 gallons per minute.

We did that on our RV's two fresh water faucets - the one in the kitchen sink and the one in the bathroom sink. These restrictors don't cost much (around $5-$7 each), and just screw into the end of the faucets in place of the little screw-in screens that are normally on the outlets of faucets.

Our restrictors squirt the water out in a bunch of little streams that are spread out into a nice circular pattern - so it makes it easy to rinse off dishes without even noticing the lower flow rate ... you don't notice the reduced fow rate. It's obvious that 0.5 gallons per minute will just sip the fresh water - as compared to the stock faucet flow rates of 1.5 to 2.5 gallons per minute.