Propane consumption question
I have a Coleman 18HTT with a fairly decent sized refrig/freezer, I'm too lazy to go check the model at 11pm, but hopefully my picture will attach. I am going to be dry camping for a week and ...
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You are correct, sir!
The placard lists the LP consumption at maximum cold so 12 days is probably a worst case scenario. But planning for worst cases keeps me out of trouble.
The propane question normally occurs regarding use of the furnace in cold weather. Small RV furnace typically burns 19,000 BTU/hr which equates to just under 1 pound of fuel per hour of flame time. Wonder why it got go cold the 2d night with the furnace on most of the time! :) Ya only got about 20 hours of heat per cylinder so two is better. The kicker with the furnace is the motor pulls about 4 amps and the typical indifferently charged group 24 battery on the tongue only provides about 56 useful amp hours. Battery goes long before the propane. :)
-- Chuck
The placard lists the LP consumption at maximum cold so 12 days is probably a worst case scenario. But planning for worst cases keeps me out of trouble.
The propane question normally occurs regarding use of the furnace in cold weather. Small RV furnace typically burns 19,000 BTU/hr which equates to just under 1 pound of fuel per hour of flame time. Wonder why it got go cold the 2d night with the furnace on most of the time! :) Ya only got about 20 hours of heat per cylinder so two is better. The kicker with the furnace is the motor pulls about 4 amps and the typical indifferently charged group 24 battery on the tongue only provides about 56 useful amp hours. Battery goes long before the propane. :)
-- Chuck
