Heading south for the first time
My wife and I had a 27" gasser for a year. This spring we upgraded to a 38" Holiday Rambler DP. So since we just retired we plan to spend the winter out of the snow belt. The plan is to leave around ...
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djgarcia wrote:
Regarding the weather. We took a couple of 2 week trips in New England this fall. Several mornings were 40-45 degrees. We used the furnace while sleeping and a small space heater while awake. The electric heater kept us toasty without the furnace ever kicking in.
Can anyone give me a clue of how much LP the furnace uses? I believe we have a 30 gallon tank.
Again, thanks to all for the information.
I assume you meant to say that you have two 30 gal. propane tanks. All things being equal, weather temp., length of time heater actually used, I can get about 2 weeks on 1 30 gal. tank. In Ariz. during what they call their winter months, 32 deg. to about 45 deg. in the early mornings and evenings I run the furnace for about 3 hrs. in the AM and appox. 2 hrs. in the evening. The rest of the time I use the ocsillating elec. heater. I don't use the furnance once I go to bed. Hope this gives you some general idea of propance usuage.
Thanks for the info. According to my motor homes owner's manual we have one 30 gallon tank. I think you may be confusing a 30 lb tank with a 30 gallon tank, big difference.
Thank you for the input in any case.
Yes you are right, I was thinking of my 5th. wheel where I have to 2 30lb. tanks. But the approx. user LP times should be close to the estimates I sent you.
Thanks you again for the info. I looked up pounds vs. gallons. It looks like we have 126 pounds of propane on board. I would think that should get us pretty far. We also use the electric water heater when hooked up.
