Recent content by rothskeller

The 20% I quoted was for the last item you mentioned, the battery charge losses.  I'm afraid I neglected the other factors you mentioned.  I knew I was missing something!  :-) Thanks, all, I can see now why one doesn't find all-electric.  On a related note, however, I have seen some...

And the times when it doesn't are the times when you most need heating.  :-)

In terms of running costs, I'm guessing you mean?  I'm surprised.  The energy content of gas is about 25% higher than propane, and burning gas to charge batteries loses maybe 20% of the energy, so I'd expect to use roughly the same amount of gas as propane for the same heating.  And the price...

I'm researching to buy my first RV, and there's something I don't understand.  Several of the manufacturers offer lithium battery systems that, as far as I can tell, have sufficient capacity and sufficiently fast recharge that they could reasonably power all of the RV systems ? heat, A/C...