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Provided you can keep the thing from freezing, which in Delaware could be an ongoing challenge for the immediate future. It's one thing to play boondock for a week or whatever, but for months is a tall commitment. Not insurmountable and you do what you gotta do, so hopefully this is transitional and not long term.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM
 
Here in NH if you contract for propane delivery they will provide the tank and installation for free, they come get their tank if you cancel.
We did that here for our fireplace. If you don’t use enough you get charged a higher rate.
 
Well I'd say it's called you give it your best. My little 22ft, 1973, with an AC ment for a much bigger trailer did wonders and it never tripped a thing.
But let's make her feel worse of her position. Lol, this sounds like a place I want to know. WOW
 
But let's make her feel worse of her position.
Nobody’s trying to make her feel worse. She needs to know what she’s getting into. Good for you that you never tripped a breaker. We did in our 5th wheel when our daughter lived with us. Couldn’t run the AC and a hair dryer and the microwave at the same time. She is going to be living in a TT with six other folks, 5 of them children. Seven people in a 4 bedroom 3 bath home gets crowded. Imagine 7 people in a TT designed for maybe 4 folks to enjoy a weekend at the lake. Seven folks with clothes and shoes and all the stuff that teenagers have. And no privacy. And it’s not going to be cheap. And there’s that old adage, you get what you pay for. There’s soft spots in the kitchen floor. That means rot. No telling what else is wrong with the unit.
 
Well I'd say it's called you give it your best. My little 22ft, 1973, with an AC ment for a much bigger trailer did wonders and it never tripped a thing.
But let's make her feel worse of her position. Lol, this sounds like a place I want to know. WOW
I was just assuming there's wasn't the magic 30 amp that can't be overloaded. The non magic type will trip when the capacity of the circuit is exceeded.
 
The non magic type
"Magic" - ? Magnetic...?

I thought residential breakers were both thermal and magnetic. Self solving problem, in the event a circuit is overloaded the click and subsequent inoperative state of the equipment will reveal the limit. Not hard to imagine it happening in the winter if space heaters are employed. I've done the trick of running a separate extension cord out to the pedestal to run a space heater. Even if you're not near the limits of a 30A supply this will still transfer the load off of one of the RV's 15A circuits.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM
 
9 people in an rv is probably a lot better than 9 people in a hotel room. I cant imagine they are currently in a luxury suite.
It’s seven people and I wouldn’t want to experience either one. Purchasing a TT for $3700 with floor rot to live in might just mean you will be back in a hotel room in the near future. Having never been in her situation I have no real advice to give her. I have lived in an RV but we were able to chase good weather and we could afford the maintenance and repair on the unit. We could also afford alternate temporary accommodations while our RV was being repaired.
 
Hmmm... if the unit can be towed reliably you might consider work camping where you'd stay for free (sometimes paid) and check in visitors, clean up sites/bathrooms/laundry and try to get folks to behave. If your crew is handy and not adverse to labor you might find some place (even in Florida) where providing services can reduce your rent - or even allow the owner of the campground to be an absentee owner. Could be worth phone calls or letters (Good Lord I'm Old!) that describe, as with a resume, what talents and services your crew can provide...

State, Federal and local campgrounds often want help in high season as well as off season and I'll bet if some provide some pocket change that would come in handy.

This is a tough time of year to find any openings in Florida or some other place where campgrounds have turned into trailer parks with permanent/skirted units - but, someone may need springtime help, or, who knows...
 
"Magic" - ? Magnetic...?

I thought residential breakers were both thermal and magnetic. Self solving problem, in the event a circuit is overloaded the click and subsequent inoperative state of the equipment will reveal the limit. Not hard to imagine it happening in the winter if space heaters are employed. I've done the trick of running a separate extension cord out to the pedestal to run a space heater. Even if you're not near the limits of a 30A supply this will still transfer the load off of one of the RV's 15A circuits.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM
I replaced the conventional start capacitor with a soft start and I can now run the 15k btu a/c and the microwave at the same time. It however will still trip the pedestal if the a/c, microwave and most any other electrical appliance comes on line. 30 amp systems abhor blow dryers. If I were planning to keep this coach long term I'd add a split system to the rear and run it to a dogbone off the 50 amp. side of the pedestal. A single 15k btu for a 32' motorhome ain't happening 9 months of the year in Texas.
 
It’s seven people and I wouldn’t want to experience either one. Purchasing a TT for $3700 with floor rot to live in might just mean you will be back in a hotel room in the near future. Having never been in her situation I have no real advice to give her. I have lived in an RV but we were able to chase good weather and we could afford the maintenance and repair on the unit. We could also afford alternate temporary accommodations while our RV was being repaired.
My mistake. Fair enough. They didnt give much detail so no one here knows enough to really know how to help.

I think it is fair to say that in general an rv is a more sustainable solution than a hotel room. Neither is an easy option i dont think
 
I suspect you're right to be apprehensive. You're homeless, 7 people living in a hotel room. You're $1700.00 in on a 2700.00 travel trailer with some flooring issues. In all liklihood the owner isn't going to refund what you've already invested or at best only a partial refund. If as you say it's a lot of trailer to move, which is true, it's also true there will be 7 people sharing a 1 bedroom, 1 bath trailer.
What would concern me is 7 people will be living in a travel trailer in Delaware or whereever with a 6 gallon water heater which hopefully works, is the furnace in good working order? What about the a/c? Refrigerator? Does the roof leak? If it has grey and black tanks, which is likely, with 5 kids and two adults you're going to be dumping the grey probably twice daily and the black probably once a day. Those two 15 lb propane bottles on the front are going to go fast with that many people on board, so you should plan on having extras on stby. ( It's much cheaper to have them filled than swapping).
Thanks but I should add that our kids aren’t with us akk the time. They’re not even 50% with us and when they are we tend to stay at my parents. Also, theee of them are 18 and in college or moved out. This is mainly going to be ny husband and I. I do have a lot to learn which is edgy Im here. Thank you for the into in the tanks and such i e read all I can but I need to live it to reakky learn.
 
My mistake. Fair enough. They didnt give much detail so no one here knows enough to really know how to help.

I think it is fair to say that in general an rv is a more sustainable solution than a hotel room. Neither is an easy option i dont think
Sorry to not give enough info. It’s my husband and I most of the time. Half kids are grown and gine and the others are split timing with our exes. We will have summertime crowded camper for sure but in and off.

The trailer was listed at 5000. We offered him 2500 we agreed on 2700. Two soft spots on the floor and minor things that won’t be a problem. Roof is in great shape.

Being a woman the fact that they took the dinette and the couch out if it. He had three little ones and he added two futons which he left for us. I’m left with having to have purchase those.
 
Provided you can keep the thing from freezing, which in Delaware could be an ongoing challenge for the immediate future. It's one thing to play boondock for a week or whatever, but for months is a tall commitment. Not insurmountable and you do what you gotta do, so hopefully this is transitional and not long term.

Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM
No, this is definitely a temporary fir now moment in life.
 
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