Newbie questions please help.
I'm looking at purchasing my first truck camper a 2010 Westland camper wet weight is only 1100 lb. I work away from home so I'm only home for 7 days every two weeks and want to live in this full time ...
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Hi,
Is the fridge one that runs on propane? If so, on the electric only setting, it would draw approximately 5.7 KWH per day. That would require a HUGE solar array.
-40 and boondocking is something that only two folks I know have have done. One of them was Photo Mike and the other is Moving Sue. I've done -37 C and it takes a large battery bank to survive as well as LOTS of propane.
I suggest you do lots of milder cold weather camping before attempting -40.
Remember that propane's boiling point is -42 C (-43.6 f). At -40 the rate of vaporization is slow and unless the tank is nearly full or extremely large it may not be great enough to support the furnace. I do have a magnetic heater to put on my tank. Fortunately I've never had to use it.
To use a "summer" camper at -40 is going to require many upgrades to all systems.
Is the fridge one that runs on propane? If so, on the electric only setting, it would draw approximately 5.7 KWH per day. That would require a HUGE solar array.
-40 and boondocking is something that only two folks I know have have done. One of them was Photo Mike and the other is Moving Sue. I've done -37 C and it takes a large battery bank to survive as well as LOTS of propane.
I suggest you do lots of milder cold weather camping before attempting -40.
Remember that propane's boiling point is -42 C (-43.6 f). At -40 the rate of vaporization is slow and unless the tank is nearly full or extremely large it may not be great enough to support the furnace. I do have a magnetic heater to put on my tank. Fortunately I've never had to use it.
To use a "summer" camper at -40 is going to require many upgrades to all systems.
