My wife and I didn't do this the traditional way starting with a tent to a pop up to a 18' TT to a 26' TT etc etc... we bought a used 2010 Cougar 29BH 2 years ago. Well, we decided to upgrade, so we purchased a new 2013 avalanche 341tg. Love the new graphics! I am having an outside shower box installed between the 2 entrance doors, because I like having my 8' water hose near the outdoor kitchen, it comes in handy to wash dirty pans etc...
The camper does have a generator prep and now I have to decide what to do. Here are some of my thoughts but, since I am new to this I may be in right field. I know I need a minimum of an Onan 5500 to run both AC units. My first decision is go with LP or gas? Does anyone have any input on this, like gen set run time on a gallon of liquid propane as compared to gas? One concern is getting a tank filled when it is empty, way easier to go to a gas station then find a place that fills propane tanks. I could use 20# tanks and just exchange tanks which is easy to find but, cost more. I kinda feel that maybe I shouldn't have ordered the generator prep package. We normally only need to run on generator about 1/3 of our trips but, now I will have to haul a 279 pound Onan gen set every time vise just hooking up to say a Yami 6300 portable and only taking it when needed.
My next dilemma is my outside speaker. They are installed in a location that puts them in the wall inside instead of behind a cabinet or microwave etc... My last camper they were located behind the fridge and microwave. I want to install new larger better sounding speakers but the magnets are generally larger which increase the speaker depth, so they will not fit in the walls. I could build some boxes for inside to hide them but, am unsure about how that will look. Does anyone know of a quality marine speaker that is thin enough to fit in the walls?
That is it for now. I am glad I found this site because now I know what to look for and inspect once we take delivery in the spring.
The camper does have a generator prep and now I have to decide what to do. Here are some of my thoughts but, since I am new to this I may be in right field. I know I need a minimum of an Onan 5500 to run both AC units. My first decision is go with LP or gas? Does anyone have any input on this, like gen set run time on a gallon of liquid propane as compared to gas? One concern is getting a tank filled when it is empty, way easier to go to a gas station then find a place that fills propane tanks. I could use 20# tanks and just exchange tanks which is easy to find but, cost more. I kinda feel that maybe I shouldn't have ordered the generator prep package. We normally only need to run on generator about 1/3 of our trips but, now I will have to haul a 279 pound Onan gen set every time vise just hooking up to say a Yami 6300 portable and only taking it when needed.
My next dilemma is my outside speaker. They are installed in a location that puts them in the wall inside instead of behind a cabinet or microwave etc... My last camper they were located behind the fridge and microwave. I want to install new larger better sounding speakers but the magnets are generally larger which increase the speaker depth, so they will not fit in the walls. I could build some boxes for inside to hide them but, am unsure about how that will look. Does anyone know of a quality marine speaker that is thin enough to fit in the walls?
That is it for now. I am glad I found this site because now I know what to look for and inspect once we take delivery in the spring.