Running roof ac while driving
I'm preparing to make a long trip and buying a travel trailer. It will be something a bit older like early 2000s and around 24ftish. I'd like to be able to have my dogs ride in the trailer while trave...
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tatest wrote:
A trailer designed to install and use a RV genset would be easier than trying to work out a location to install generator on a RV not so equipped, and providing ad hoc electrical connections and fuel supply.
Northwood makes some generator-ready models in their Arctic Fox line. Several lines of fifth-wheels, particularly toy haulers.
For a trailer, fuel supply is most likely LPG. A generator large enough to reliably power your RV air conditioner will go through about 3-4 pounds of fuel per hour, whether that is gasoline or LPG. Keeping up with fuel needs could be your most pressing problem keeping air conditioning running. In motorhomes, this is usually managed by tapping the large fuel supply for the engine that moves the RV.
I think buying a new TT just to get a generator might be easier. However, it's sure not the most practical or inexpensive solution to the problem.
My Honda 3000 can run about 20 hours on a single fill of the internal fuel tank. That's long enough for any single days drive I'll be doing. "Keeping up with the fuel needs" is not what I consider a "pressing problem".
