Heating and Cooling on the road
I'm probably a little naive on this coming from a 5th wheel, but when rolling down the road with passenger is a class A, are you pretty much stuck with the generator running the whole time to cool beh...
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Depends on your budget.
$100,000 to $300,000 Class A, the independent generator is there to operate all your high-load electrical appliances, that includes the roof A/C units to cool the cabin. Toward the upper end of that price range, you might have an inverter large enough to run a roof A/C, and an alternator in the 300-400 amp output range to feed it.
Move up to $800,000 to $2,000,000 and the systems can change, with more being powered by the prime mover. Whole-coach A/C running off the engine is a possibility, as on passenger coaches, but more often you will still find room air conditioning units, three to five of them, to better manage climate in different parts of the coach. A diesel genset will still usually be provided for power when not moving, as an alternative to running a 400-600 HP engine at idle to get 8-12 KW of power.
Heating can come from LPG forced-air furnaces or hydronic systems using engine waste heat, usually supplemented by a fuel-oil fired boiler, which borrows your road-taxed diesel fuel.
There are also all-electric coaches which have a large electrical storage capacity, combined with high alternator output and an independent supplemental generator.
$100,000 to $300,000 Class A, the independent generator is there to operate all your high-load electrical appliances, that includes the roof A/C units to cool the cabin. Toward the upper end of that price range, you might have an inverter large enough to run a roof A/C, and an alternator in the 300-400 amp output range to feed it.
Move up to $800,000 to $2,000,000 and the systems can change, with more being powered by the prime mover. Whole-coach A/C running off the engine is a possibility, as on passenger coaches, but more often you will still find room air conditioning units, three to five of them, to better manage climate in different parts of the coach. A diesel genset will still usually be provided for power when not moving, as an alternative to running a 400-600 HP engine at idle to get 8-12 KW of power.
Heating can come from LPG forced-air furnaces or hydronic systems using engine waste heat, usually supplemented by a fuel-oil fired boiler, which borrows your road-taxed diesel fuel.
There are also all-electric coaches which have a large electrical storage capacity, combined with high alternator output and an independent supplemental generator.
