Propane question
Was asked this in a campground, and while I think I have all the answers, I am not at all sure i am ever right. Fifth wheel with two propane cylinders, if running low, can someone hook up a small, l...
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Skibane wrote:afidel wrote:
Propane 91,500 BTUs/gal, RV furnace is maybe 80% efficient, so ~18,000 BTU/$.
Electric is 3,412 BTU/kWh and 100% efficient so 28,320 BTU/$.
Resistance-type electric is 3,412 BTU/kwh.
Heat pump-type electric is several times more efficient than that - so maybe approaching 10K BTU/kwh.
No RV heat pumps currently available work below freezing, there was one model that worked down to 24F but it's been discontinued for years since LCI gobbled up the manufacturer. Even then at least for me it wouldn't do much good, we just got to 25 degrees at 1pm today, temp this morning when the trailer was heating up was 3 =)
