Practicality of non-propane Camper
Is it possible to have an all-electric (or, at least, no propane) camper? Of course, been doing it since 2013. (OK, true confession, our outside grill is propane as you usually can't use charcoal we...
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wa8yxm wrote:
there is a water heating system or two (Aqua-Hot for one) that uses diesel fuel to heat or uses engine heat... And you can use the hot water to heat cabin if you have enough of it.. (There used to be a residential water heater that did that in fact.. Hi-Point made in Marshall, MI.)
but I don't know anyone doing it.. I like propane for cooking, though I often use gas.
That’s essentially what we have in our trailer. Except it uses propane. There are essentially 4 radiators in the trailer and then a small 10 litre (I think) hot water tank that share the same heat exchanger fluid. It actually runs on electric 120 volt or propane selectable by the user. But for on demand hot water it has to be on propane as the electric side is selectable to 1 element or 2 element depending if you are on 15 amp or 30 amp service. All of our camping so far this year has been dry camping so we have only used propane. It uses a small super quiet 12 volt circulation pump for the heat exchanger fluid. Very low 12 usage. Only down side is it takes a couple hours to heat it up from cold where a furnace is like 10 minutes. Essentially the same kinda idea as the aqua hot systems but propane.
