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Hello every one. My wife and I just bought our first RV and we plan on traveling around the U.S. this summer. Any suggestions on renewable energy? Looking for something cheap and simple that will charge our phones, laptops, and power a radio and maybe a CFL. We are both seasoned travelers but this will be our first experience on the RV circuit. Any tips, tricks, upgrades, etc. will be well appreciated.
Thanks!

1979 Dodge, Lazy Daze 23'

p.s. has any one used  pellet stoves for an alternative heating source?
 
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Lazy Daze...I love those. Be sure to ventilate well when burning fuels inside of the RV.  We just use the heater provided and  an electric heat cube if needed.
J
 
@ geodrake
Hey thanks for the warm welcome. We are both very excited. This seems like a great community to be apart of. I have been exploring the site and I am learning a lot.

@ 34footer
It seems other people have been looking for a pellet stove solution as well but there does not seem to be any thing available for RVs. Extra blankets is the cheapest solution I guess.
 
Just a suggestion - Check the boating community.  google "boat wood stoves" (without the quotes), you'll find wood stoves suitable for small enclosed spaces.  They do have to be vented, though.

                Ralph
 
Hello, we have found when dry camping, (boon docking), that to conserve fuel we do two things. One is that we have a Buddy heater. It uses propane, but catalyzes the fuel and is safe to use indoors. It does consume oxygen, but you leave a window slightly open. We never use it over night, just two or three hours to drive out the morning chill. This saves using the big furnace and the batteries.

2nd. we use a small generator of about 1000 to 1250 watts to power most every thing except the air conditioner. Our on board generator, (43 amps), uses about 1 gallon of gas per hour. The small generator, (10 amps), will run several hours on 1 gallon.

Hope this helps
 
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