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buylow12
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Jun 20, 2018

What is a normal parasitic load on a fifth wheel

I have a 2004 Gulfstream Yellowstone fifth wheel and I'm wondering what is a normal parasitic load. I know there is the propane alarm, fridge controller, and furnace controller, etc. What is normal? O...
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SoundGuy
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Jun 20, 2018
BFL13 wrote:
Mine is 0.3 amps with the usual small things plus fridge on propane but no burner and another 0.5 when the burner comes on for a total of 0.8 amps. (As seen on the Trimetric)


Those are not parasitic loads but rather standby and operating loads. Seems to me the OP and you are confusing the two.

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