Camper_Jeff_&_Kelli wrote:
StirCrazy wrote:
3 tons wrote:
I have a similar set-up (at 400a/h LFP and 660w) and get the temptation but in the vagaries of the real world harvest, not too sure it’ll always pencil out -
In theory something like this: a gallon of propane has about 91,400 BTU’s, while 325w (ac power) at say a more conservative 75% duty cycle (considering local and inverter losses…) would equal 5850w over 24hrs equals 15.6 hrs refer operation per gallon of propane or 78 hrs per 5 gal tank…Just saying…
3 tons
Im not sure what your trying to say, but my fridge in my camper is a old one where the burner stays on all the time and I can easily let it go 3 months running 24/7 on a single 5 gal tank. once I start it up in the spring it stays going all summer until I winterize it in the fall, so three years now it has done this. I do this with my 5th wheel also and same thing, I fill my bottles in the spring and they don't get filled untill winter when I am doing inclimate camping. the 5th wheel does have a DSI large fridge, but it has 7lb bottles.
I would dearly love to know what brand of propane you use because I do go through the stuff when on the road. Water heater, cooktop and oven, furnace in the winter. My fridge is 8 CU FT so I may use more just for that if you have a smaller fridge. I do plan to change my regulator and hoses soon as I suspect a small leak though I don't smell anything.
ahh when you start doing a lot of cooking, furnace and water heater it isn't as friendly :B I was talking about just running the fridge, which I have done a few times with every unit I have owned depending on who we are camping with and such.. now to put it in prespective I just got back from a 9 night 10 day trip with the wife (usage is alway more when I take here haha), but with the water heater going for 10 days, the fridge and lots of cooking and coffee making I almost burned through one 20Lb tank. I think I put 16lbs into it when I topped it up the other day, but that also ran the fridge for a week before and after the trip. when I add the furnace to that mix like my fall trips to northren alberta, I get 2 to 4 days running the furnce 24 hours a day depending on the outside temprature. I am thinking of pulling the skin off the camper to fix a couple spots that are starting to get week and while its off I may have the camper spray foamed to increase the insulation. that should almost double my time running the furnace on a tank.
