What's the average monthly electrical usage I can expect in a 19 foot travel trailer when plugged into 30 amp shore power? I'm pretty frugal, will be running led lights, a 24 inch tv, laptop, and I'll charge a few things like cell phones and a tablet. I know the fridge will draw some, even while on LP, and there will be a few miscellaneous phantom loads. I don't drink coffee, so no coffee maker or anything, though I might run the microwave once in a while, and of course the water pump. Anyone have a ball park figure?Thanks.

What about an electric heater or electric blanket? Electricity should be cheaper than running the propane furnace unless you need it to keep things warm underneath the floor. You shouldn't need the water pump if hooked up to park water.Bill

Hard to say without knowing more about your heating. That and the refer will be your biggest power usage... min $1/day.

Get a Kill-A-Watt Meter and check the usage of each electrical item.Then you will know what consumes the most power and can adjust accordingly.

With the right adapters you can measure each component of the whole trailer minus AC with a Kill-A-Watt meter. Mine is 15A max so the 15kbtu AC pushes it over max.Connect the meter to the trailer, turn on the fridge and take a reading, turn the fridge off and the water heater on, take a reading, etc... Do this with each component. Don't forget the lights. It's best to do this with a fully charged battery so not to skew the readings or exceed 15A.

It's not the trailer, it's the resident that uses electricity. The only way to find out is to live in the trailer for a year, keep your bills, and do the math. If you are spending too much, find ways to cut back.

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Dutch_12078
Explorer II
Dec 20, 2016
At the one park we stay in long enough to pay separately for electric, I budget $1/day at $0.125/KWH for our usage. That's rarely off by more than a dollar or two for covering the monthly bill. That park is in central Florida, and we're there in February/March, so we seldom need any A/C.
LadyRVer
Explorer II
Dec 20, 2016
Just got my Dec bill in. 268 KWH for the month. 8.9 kwh, was gone 5 days.

Statement said 14 Avg per day for Nov 2016
11 Avg per day for Dec 2015

Aug 2016 was 809 kwh, ÷ 31 = 26.10 per day

1 person hh, very frugal. Live in FL.
31'fiver, 30 amp. Refer on electric.

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pianotuna
Nomad III
Dec 20, 2016
35 amp-hours @ 14.4 volts =~ 0.5 KWH assuming the fridge, water heating, space heating, and cooking are all done with propane. No running the air conditioner or computer, either.

On a 30 day month that would be 15 kwh.
D_E_Bishop
Explorer
Dec 20, 2016
naturist wrote:
It's not the trailer, it's the resident that uses electricity. The only way to find out is to live in the trailer for a year, keep your bills, and do the math. If you are spending too much, find ways to cut back.

As my 15 year old DGS would say, Technically neither one uses electricity.:W The appliances and fixtures use the electricity.:R But in common speak, both are acceptable but saying the trailer uses it is used more often in the OP's case.:Z
naturist
Nomad
Dec 20, 2016
It's not the trailer, it's the resident that uses electricity. The only way to find out is to live in the trailer for a year, keep your bills, and do the math. If you are spending too much, find ways to cut back.
2112
Explorer II
Dec 20, 2016
With the right adapters you can measure each component of the whole trailer minus AC with a Kill-A-Watt meter. Mine is 15A max so the 15kbtu AC pushes it over max.

Connect the meter to the trailer, turn on the fridge and take a reading, turn the fridge off and the water heater on, take a reading, etc... Do this with each component. Don't forget the lights. It's best to do this with a fully charged battery so not to skew the readings or exceed 15A.
gbopp
Explorer
Dec 20, 2016
Get a Kill-A-Watt Meter and check the usage of each electrical item.

Then you will know what consumes the most power and can adjust accordingly.
Ivylog
Explorer III
Dec 20, 2016
Hard to say without knowing more about your heating. That and the refer will be your biggest power usage... min $1/day.
Trackrig
Explorer II
Dec 20, 2016
What about an electric heater or electric blanket? Electricity should be cheaper than running the propane furnace unless you need it to keep things warm underneath the floor.

You shouldn't need the water pump if hooked up to park water.

Bill

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