Yamaha EF1000iS Fuel Tank Conversion
Hi all, I’ve recently purchased an Okanagan 811SL TC and love it, but we all know the storage constraints that come with a TC. Hence the reason I purchased a small Yamaha EF1000iS generator, which ...
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How do you know he’s not using the propane furnace? He may very well be using a small electric heater, and the furnace to keep things from freezing. Minus 20 is pretty dang cold, regardless of whether he’s talking F or C. I’ve done that myself when it gets really cold.
The electric heater I carry with me has a 700 watt setting and a 1500 watt setting. The 700 watt setting is for when I’m using the Yamaha for power. When it gets down into the single digits, 700 watts helps, but it won’t keep you warm on it’s own, and it won’t keep the black and gray tanks and valves from freezing. So, I also set the propane furnace so it will run once in a while, and it will also keep things from freezing that the electric heater isn’t warming. I learned a long time ago that it’s easier and cheaper to keep things from freezing, than to slip up and allow something to freeze unintentionally.
I never said there was no space around the wheel wells, I said it’s not always as easy to use as you’re imagining. Why would I say that? Could it be that maybe I’ve tried it? All of your suggestions are in fact doable, if the person doing it thinks it’s worthwhile. Personally, I don’t. For numerous reasons based on years and years of actually using a truck camper year round and trying different ways of doing just about everything. Whether the physical space is there or not isn’t one of them.
I suspect the OP knows what works for him as well, or I’ll at least assume that he does until he comes back and says “I never thought about adding more batteries before. I’ll just do that instead.” You never know, he might do it. Me, BTDT. I’ll stick to what works for me now. Any batteries I add to my camper will be inside the heated interior space. Why? Because that’s where they need to be for the way I use the camper.
The OP wants to use his generator for power, and wants it to run all night without running out of gas. Seems like a reasonable want to me. The extended run tank looks like the perfect solution.
:):)
The electric heater I carry with me has a 700 watt setting and a 1500 watt setting. The 700 watt setting is for when I’m using the Yamaha for power. When it gets down into the single digits, 700 watts helps, but it won’t keep you warm on it’s own, and it won’t keep the black and gray tanks and valves from freezing. So, I also set the propane furnace so it will run once in a while, and it will also keep things from freezing that the electric heater isn’t warming. I learned a long time ago that it’s easier and cheaper to keep things from freezing, than to slip up and allow something to freeze unintentionally.
I never said there was no space around the wheel wells, I said it’s not always as easy to use as you’re imagining. Why would I say that? Could it be that maybe I’ve tried it? All of your suggestions are in fact doable, if the person doing it thinks it’s worthwhile. Personally, I don’t. For numerous reasons based on years and years of actually using a truck camper year round and trying different ways of doing just about everything. Whether the physical space is there or not isn’t one of them.
I suspect the OP knows what works for him as well, or I’ll at least assume that he does until he comes back and says “I never thought about adding more batteries before. I’ll just do that instead.” You never know, he might do it. Me, BTDT. I’ll stick to what works for me now. Any batteries I add to my camper will be inside the heated interior space. Why? Because that’s where they need to be for the way I use the camper.
The OP wants to use his generator for power, and wants it to run all night without running out of gas. Seems like a reasonable want to me. The extended run tank looks like the perfect solution.
:):)
