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pnichols wrote:
I guess that not all motorhome main engines should be idled very long for special-situation battery charging. We do this kind of battery bank charging an hour here and there, but it is a fairly modern V10 engine spinning only a medium size 130 amp alternator. I've read that it consumes about 0.7 gallons of gas per hour when used this way.
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โJan-08-2018 06:34 AM
valhalla360 wrote:
I would argue putting big alternators on the giant propulsion engine is effectively equivalent to a horribly inefficient generator. You can do that with just about any pickup out there but if you are going to do it with any regularity, it makes far more sense to get a dedicated generator and be done with it.
โJan-08-2018 01:48 AM
pnichols wrote:
As a lot of you probably know, Earthroamer campers are designed to use battery powered air conditioning (as they have no generators on board).
However:
1. Their interior coach volumes are considerably less than that of a lot of Class A/B/C motorhomes.
2. Their windows, floors, walls, and ceilings are extremely well insulated.
3. Their air conditioners can only be run 8-12 hours before their large battery banks need to be charged - via a lot of sun time and/or idling of their dual-alternator diesel main engines.
So non-generator, partially solar based air conditioning is possible ... but it takes a lot of things to be set up just right ... including a main engine that can be idled for long time periods of no sun ... and maybe a hefty bank account.
There is possibly one best way to have sustainable self-contained, anywhere/anytime sun or no sun, quiet, and non-engine-idling RV air conditioning: Install onboard a large battery bank in conjunction with a built-in high amp hour recovery rate propane fuel cell system.
I prefer to air condition an RV with a generator - believing that it's (or should be) easier and less expensive for RV manufacturers, or us owners, to come up with a quiet diesel or gas generator way to handle it.
โJan-07-2018 09:28 AM
cewillis wrote:
Here's another possibility -- Arctic Breeze . No price.
Small inside
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โJan-04-2018 07:42 PM
Walkdog wrote:
I've come to the conclusion that nobody here knows anything about minisplit air conditioners vs the regular stand topside airconditioner that come stand with a RV.