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 Re: Buying a used motorhome
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Joined: Jan 2006
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Monkey Butt
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Monkey Butt
Joined: Jan 2006
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Hermit, over night if hot or cold don't you burn a lot of fuel in the generator or LPG for heat at a Walmart? Probably not as much as a park fee I guess.
Previous owner had one of these installed.
http://www.fantasticvent.com/fan-tastic-vent-s-retail-12-volt-fans.html#model7350
With 2 12v house batteries, this thing will run all night. The nice thing is; you select the temperature range you want and it will speed up or down to maintain it. If it rains, it closes automatically! We find a secluded spot, crack open the windows in the bedroom and it will draw a nice cool breeze through the coach (I like to hear what's going on outside and the sound of diesels idling nearby lulls us to sleep). Those same house batteries will simultaneously power the 12v TV for about 6 hours before it drops out. Drawing less power, the fan will continue to run. On a few occasions, I have started the Generator to run the A/C at night, but rarely is it necessary.
LP powers our water heater and furnace. We also use it to power the refrigerator while underway (or boondocking). The standard on-board tank will last for weeks.
If it gets uncomfortably hot (above 75 for the wife), we run the generator while underway and use one of the roof A/Cs to cool the entire coach. ...and keep the Keurig going.
When you know you're getting 8 mpg, you don't really worry too much about a little 4KW generator pulling a little extra fuel out of an 80 gallon tank.
The one I bought has two of those vents I think with little temperature knob on it does exhaust or blows in. Not sure how they work but look really cool.
The guy says forced hot air heater uses gas but is not a heavy abuser where the generator takes .5 gal an hour to run AC/heatpump in the ceiling and all the other stuff. I will just have to play with it. Drove it home about 20 miles.
My god, I thought I was driving an ocean liner! 
Ran really well though, stops good. I think it will be fun until it bankrupts me. 
Link is gone now as the seller put it down.
Keith, I bought a 2000 Tiffen Allegro 28' wide body A Class motor home with a 454 Chevy motor in it. Its in really good condition for its age with 52k miles. When the wife saw it on the street she just stared with her mouth open. I said "what?" She said it looked a lot smaller in the guys back yard at his ranch. She is right, put close to a house for proportion its pretty darn big.
Looks like this
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