Water Usage
As I've shared on these forums many times, we use our camper(s) almost full time all year round. If not camping at a park, we are still in the camper at home in the driveway. I run water exclusivel...
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Veebyes wrote:
For dry camping in comfort freshwater capacity & battery capacity is king. Unfortunately RV builders seem to think that everyone camps in FHU CGs these days. Residential fridges are common. Room for batteries is extremely limited. Grey water tankage is inadequate. Fresh water tankage is way inadequate.
Many large class A MOHOs have adequate tankage & house battery capacity but you seldom see these units in dry camping areas. They are too big for most of these CGs & maybe the owners want all of the comforts of home.
5ers typically have loads of unused space under their floors & in their basements for larger tanks & more battery space but this space is seldom used or underused.
Some of us actually like to dry camp in comfort. A TC or TT simply cannot provide the tankage needed to do so.
Doug ... great comments and how right you are!
We're kindof right in between a TC and a Class A with our E450 24 foot Class C, so we have "moderate" tank sizes, battery compartment size, and storage areas. We can drycamp or FHU camp - whatever is best for what we're interested in or where we are, at the time. Also, our grey and black tanks are electrically warmed for travel and drycamping in cold weather.
Some time ago I installed 0.5 GPM water restrictors on our coach faucets, which has really helped cut down FW consumption. Use of paper plates and bowls and bathing with pre-moistened wipes helps conserve FW, too.
For drycamping electrical power in all kinds of conditions we have 3 non-solar ways to top up our batteries. We do occasionally boondock camp well off paved roads, just as if we were in a TC.
If one is well enough informed ahead of an RV purchase, they can find units that are better designed for drycamping ... in which other considerations are king instead of floor plan.
