I was wondering, is it possible to reduce electric costs by pulling fuses and turning off switches on the breaker? I tripped the breaker a few times when it was really cold out and I had both heaters running full blast. Which was weird because I was ...
time2roll wrote:The elephant in the room is the space heater not the tv or microwave idling when turned off.Is that so? That would make sense.I have the oil heater below my rig set to an 'antifreeze' setting. Even when my thermometer says it's above ...
Lantley wrote:2gypsies wrote:RVs have many phantom loads using electric behind the scenes such as the radio memory, television memory, water heater, refrigerator, heat tapes, propane detector, etc. They add up.Yes but they don't add up monetarily on...
Thanks for the posts. Some good tips here!Appliances actually do use power even when they're turned off. You guys don't have to believe what I'm telling you, but I tried everything to stop the breaker from tripping, but it wasn't until I switch the A...
Old-Biscuit wrote:Converter/charger maintaining battery voltage.What do you mean by this? If I'm parked and hooked up to a power supply with a cord, can I turn this off? How?
Update:I skirt the RV in with r6 foam insulation. I put an outdoor thermometer just under the waste dump gates so I can tell when it's freezing. I put a 1200 watt oil heater on top of two cinder blocks, then I wrapped the connection between the exten...
