looking for advise

[hoffy]

looking to upgrade to a used diesel pusher and looking for advise on what to look at.i dry camp in the desert and have had my heart set on a tiffin phaeton qbh model with a residential fridge and the Fleetwood revolution.does anyone have any others I should consider or what do you think of the two im looking at good and bad.looking at around 2010 and newer.thank for your help.

[Mr_Mark1]

dan23 wrote:

Mr.Mark wrote:

dan23 wrote:

Roadpilot wrote:
You will have no problems boondocking with a residential fridge.

What will power the fridge?

Is this a trick question? You do know it's the batteries right?

Mark

Not a trick. How much battery power does one need to run a fridge for, say, four days? For a month? Two months?

Dan, that I don't know. We also have an auto generator start that will pop on when the battery bank reaches a certain level. If I'm using just the fridge, I think I could go three days on our battery bank without starting the genny.

If had a lot more solar on the roof, that would certainly extend the need for the genny.

Mark

[2oldman]

household refer and inverter2009
Household refer Class A 2009
residential fridge- boondocking 09
Residential refer Class A 2010

[kjburns]

Many coaches now have generator autostart. The refrigerator can run on the inverter/batteries and the generator will top off the batteries if they get low. Residential refrigerators don't need much power to maintain their temperature. Our motorhome holds 150 gallons of fuel and has big waste tanks. I haven't taken it dry camping yet, but I would think it would be plenty for a fairly long stay.

[dan23]

Mr.Mark wrote:

dan23 wrote:

Roadpilot wrote:
You will have no problems boondocking with a residential fridge.

What will power the fridge?

Is this a trick question? You do know it's the batteries right?

Mark

Not a trick. How much battery power does one need to run a fridge for, say, four days? For a month? Two months?

[hoffy]

so can I run the residential fridge off of battery power alone without running the generator?

[Mr_Mark1]

Hoffy, no, I wouldn't worry as the propane fridges work as designed. They are expensive to repair or replace. Yes, we need more battery power to have an all electric coach (8 house, 2 chassis) and we also have one solar panel to keep the batteries topped off during the day.

We are going to have a new coach built next year and it will also be all electric. We are moving up the chain a little to a Prevost chassis.

MM.

[hoffy]

I was told by a salesman that the residential fridge works on extra batteries and an inverter the manufacture adds to the rv does anyone know this to be true?he also said these fridges work better and are more efficient during boondocking.wich should I lean towards a residential or a standard fridge,i have always used propane and have never been worried,should I be?

[Mr_Mark1]

dan23 wrote:

Roadpilot wrote:
You will have no problems boondocking with a residential fridge.

What will power the fridge?

Is this a trick question? You do know it's the batteries right?

Mark

[dan23]

Roadpilot wrote:
You will have no problems boondocking with a residential fridge.

What will power the fridge?

[Roadpilot]

You will have no problems boondocking with a residential fridge. As a side benefit, they are cheaper to buy and operate. They are much more energy efficient then propane/electric fridges. We have owned both types of fridges.

[Mr_Mark1]

Personally, I think the two units that you are looking at are fine as long as you check them out and look at maintenance records. We didn't want propane and wanted an all electric coach. You can boondock until your heart's desire as long as you have fuel.

I boondock with my RV group in Quartzsite every January for 4-7 days. As long as I have a full tank of fuel I could be there for quite a long time (two weeks for holding tanks/fresh water). Our coach requires that I run the genny 2 hrs. in the morning and 2 hrs. in the evening to keep the eight house batteries charged up which is perfect timing for breakfast and dinner. I also have one solar panel on the roof.

Our residential fridge has been perfect (Jenn Air). I wanted to use just one fuel (diesel) as we have the Aqua-Hot diesel system and a diesel genny. Since you have to use fuel anyway when boondocking (propane or diesel)... might as well just use one fuel. Electric/Propane fridges are very expensive to repair/replace.

You will have no problem boondocking in an all electric coach.

MM.

[Fishinghat]

Ditto on having a residential frig for drycamping, called boondocking. Look for a unit with a regular RV frig, that is, one that works on propane. The same with the cooking stove and heat. A diesel generator will conserve your propane.

[Spizzer]

I thoughts residential fridge would only run on AC. Isn't tha impractical for dry camping?

We love our winnebago Journey, 34 footer!

Jeff

[Cabo_Paul]

We R happy with our Winnebago Journey 40U.