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Wed, 11 October 2017 15:15  |
Richard Denney
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It's the same for me.
We don't have a TV on board, though in a pinch I can put TV on a laptop.
I second the motion of doing some camping before deciding how to optimize
these systems. The only inverter I need runs my CPAP machine, which is
compact with a built-in power supply. I have finally bought a quality
inverter (pure sine wave) for doing that, and I might once in a while
charge a laptop battery with it. It's small enough to run from the
cigarette lighter.
I need AC power for water heating and the roof air conditioner, but when I
replace the water heater, I will probably get one that is propane-powered.
My activities include camping at ham-radio events, where running a
generator that sprays as much RF as my Generac does earns me the enmity of
my ham colleagues. I often have a Honda suitcase generator for those events
to run the radio station (they are RF-quiet), and I just don't run the AC.
Hot water would be nice, though.
And at Bean Station this year it was cold and I needed my roof air heat
strip to make warmth (my furnace is not working at the moment--not usually
a problem for me). Bean Station's power capability is minimal. Several of
us finally gave up on long tradition and ran our generators to take the
edge off and to make hot water.
I doubt I will ever need an inverter bigger than what my CPAP machine needs.
Rick "optimized where possible for direct 12 volts" Denney
On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 12:55 PM, James Hupy wrote:
> I guess to each, his own. Our 78 Royale had, from the Coachman works, a 4
> burner propane Magic Chef cooktop, and a magic chef120 volt microwave
> oven. It has an Atwood propane hot water heater and a 3 way Dometic fridge.
> Also has a 120 volt blender. And the real power hog, a deLonghi expresso
> machine. I added up the watts needed to run that stuff on an inverter, and
> gave that idea up quickly. The battery bank would weigh more than the ONAN.
> Cost more, too. So, I yanked out the cook top and microwave, replaced it
> with a combination 3 burner cooktop/propane oven. Now, with my
> cooktop/oven, hot water heater, and 30,000 btu Suburban propane furnace, I
> fill up my propane tank about once a year. Most of the time we are at RV
> parks with hookups, so I don't run my generator very often. We can boondock
> several days without the generator and make coffee on the cooktop. It works
> for us, but might not for others. Use you coach and see what your needs
> are. Then, outfit you coach accordingly. I just finished working on a coach
> for a customer that uses all kinds of electronic stuff. Every square inch
> of surplus space is jammed with batteries, inverters, solar controllers,
> stereo amplifiers, great big shunts and relays, and huge battery cables.
> He can boondocks for a couple of days and then he is depleted. Lots of
> generator time for him. He always has to have some kind of electronic
> noisemakers running. But that is his world, not mine. We don't even have a
> TV on board.
> Jim Hupy
> Salem, Or
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'73 X-Glacier 230 "Jaws"
Northern Virginia
Offlist email: rick at rickdenney dot com
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