Outlets Off while Boonedocking
My wife and I are gearing up for boonedocking, and we just discovered that none of our outlets in the trailer work when not connected to Shorepower. Aside from a generator, what alternatives to we ha...
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2oldman wrote:RPreeb wrote:Doesn't have to be that way. I have all the comforts of home when off grid, except for a bathtub.
The end message is that boondocking takes a different mindset. Conservation and minimalism is an important key to success.
You ARE the "exception" to the rule of conservation..
It IS much cheaper to CONSERVE power than it is to "generate" your own power..
You can dump lots of money into battery banks, solar panels and generators if you are not careful or do not care about your money (or have money to burn)..
The "average" RVr most likely will have some budget restraints and will have to pick and choose just how much money they wish to dump into electrical generating system.
OP NEEDS to take an energy "audit" and figure out how much power they will need to be "comfortable".. then figure out just how much it will cost them to do it.
That means figuring out how much lighting they will use, entertainment (TV, stereo, computer, and other electronics), furnace usage, water pump usage and so on..
Big wattage stuff like hair dryers, A/C, microwaves are best served via generators rather than battery power..
