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Re: Double pane rv windows
for residential windows, a broken seal on a window means replacment or in some cases re sealing of the glass. I would imagin a rv window is the same, but I am not positive if they are easly repairable. you would have to phone around and then if you can remove the glass from the frame easy that would make it cheeper.28Views1like0CommentsRe: Crunching numbers for potential new TOAD
looks like your on the hunt for a new motorhome 🤣 a couple hundred lbs isn't going to matter much, ya being 500lbs more you might feel it and you might notice it in the fuel, but shouldn't be much different. if you have agressive off road tires on the jeep you might even feel the fuel difference even more.27Views1like1CommentRe: RV Queen entire removal: Circuit Breaker Panel relocate
the only real question I have is why do you want to reduce the propane foot print and go to more electrical? I'll polay the other side. unless your going to have plugins availble everywhere you go, now you will have to either use a generator to supply power and recharge batteries which in that case you are now burning gas instead of propane (propane burns way way cleaner) or you have to invest heavily in solar and battery banks which is just expensive and if you want to run the ac then you might as well take out a small mortage. I am all for going solar and LiFePO4 batteries and being self suficient, but I do that in conjunction with using propane for the furnace, cooking and fridge to keep the over head costs down to a reasonable amount. now to the bed, breaker panel in a box? does it have 12V fuses also? if so you might be out of luck as it would require a re wire of most of the rv to moce the power station, or at least some creative ideas, and forget thoes engineers, why do you think your having issues like this in ghe first place, go find a local redneck who is always working on stuff. I have been dealing with stupid ideas from engineers for as long as I can remember and most of the time I am embarassed to admit I am one. If you are dead set on going electric for your cooking I would decide if you need a oven or not. if not use that space for a cubbord by putting a door on it for pots and pans and just go induction stove top. I do like your thought of induction as that is the most energy efficient version of an electric stove. Now the fun part, how many burners do you think you need. 1, just get a portable induction stove. that way you can plug it in outside or in side and make that whole stove area counter top. or 2, you can get mountable single and dual burner rv spicific cook tops but I would be sceptical of the quality of them, the other route is to go with a smaller apartment sized induction top which are usaly about 24x24 or smaller. I have seen some side by side 2 burner versions from actual apliance manufactures instead of cheep rv apliance manufactures. normaly the two burner configuration for a rv is front/back to make more counter space but it is much easier to cook with a side by side setup. THIS one kinda peaks my interest, it can be free standing or built in and is a side by side configuration. in addition it has both a power mode and a temprature mode. I use a induction samsung at home and I absolutly love it but this temp feature seams like it might be interesting, plus the price is deicent also. now electrical, if your hell bent on going electrical how far do you want to go? what about the furnace? are you going to use AC, are you going to have 30 amp or larger power available when you are at these places? the first thing you have to do is figure out these questions then do a power audit to get a ball park idea of how much power you will use per day. then you have to look at what you will have availble for power. if you have 30 amp thats good you can run 1 ac and you can shut it off when you are cooking. if you have 50 amp you can do both at the same time and more. the other thing is what do you do if you only have 15amp plug ins, do you tun off all the lights to crank out a two dish meal? or do you inverst in battery storage and go with something like a victron multiplus 2 converter/charger or renogy's version that will combine shore power and battery power to let you do higher power apliances that you wouldnt normaly be able to do on 15amp power. then there is the question of solar. but I won't get into that or batteries untill I know your power situation.0Views0likes0CommentsRe: New to full time Rv life- Nervous, Grateful, Learning
do you alreay have your rv, I imagin you do. might be better for you to ask a few spicif questions as they come up, Like Grit said, its kinda hard to say anything with no spicific question with out just spewing a bunch of everything18Views0likes0CommentsRe: Do I need an on board generator?
haha you should have mentioned you already had a honda 2200i. that should fit in the genny compartment untill you decide if you need it or not. the truck camper we are looking at has a genny compartment the guy asked if I wanted it with a genny, I just laughed, he had a puzzled look and I said if I get a genny where am I going to store my camp stove and griddle.24Views0likes0CommentsRe: Do I need an on board generator?
I would, the fridge takes a fair bit of power on its own, then in you plan on using the air fryer/convection microwave, that's a huge electrical load. I hate the trend that manufactures are going with solar and LiFePO4 batteries, there is no reason they could not have fit the 400Ah of lithium batteries in the original battery compartment, but that would entail them buying a different brand that makes a reasonable sized battery. take the Cirius 920 for example, they brought it back and I was anxious to see it as it would be the only model that would fit on a long box they have and I like the Alde combi heat system, so I was interested in it. the went LifePO4 and solar and changed everything into it to electric, stove, fridge, oven heat water, everything.. they went to 810ah of LiFePO4, 930 watts of solar, but they used the stick on ones that will need to be replaced after 10 years instead of residential panels that would probably last over 30 years. so with the electric alde hot water and heat, the 2 burner induction stove, electric oven , microwave and they sell it as a boondocking monster.. talking with people who have bought it, you can go a normal weekend with out plugging in, longer if you don't use the interior appliances or hot water. so for anything over a weekend it is a plugin campground queen. now for you, I would just buy something like a nice quiet honda, if you are not worried about running the AC and just want an emergency charging method, then get a 1100i , if you want to run the ac then one bigger.. then you can keep it in a storage compartment and pull it out when you need it. the other option is to install a dc to dc charger and run power wires from it to your truck. then if you need to you can use your truck as a genny and you don't have to spend that amount of money or give up the space to carry a genny.38Views1like1Comment
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