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OK, you guys have convinced me that my dream is just that........ a dream. Since it would be so expensive for me to go solar and given the fact I'm not exactly a "spring chicken" (I'm 67), I guess I am better off staying as things are. Thanks everyone for the assistance!

Well, I knew the electric heat and the AC were big hogs of power, but I did say that I can do without them PLUS the 15oow electric element for the water, so I am thinking that I would be looking at half if not less KwH, but I do have a residential fridge. I am probably just going replace my 15yr...

Hey all, I'm thinking about putting solar on my rv. I have a 38' fifthwheel that I live full time in. I spend summers in Minnesota and head south in the winter (snowbird). What would be ideal in my mind is a system that allows me to not be plugged in all the time. My trailer has 50A power, but I...

Well, shoot....... Guess I need to go back to school. The numbers I said were from the electric meter, so they should be 120v, shouldn't they? My fridge is a residential type, no propane to it at all. The water heater (6 gal) can run either 120v or propane and I already knew that it would be...

I never expected the solar to give me much of a payback, except for spending a bunch of time not being in a campground. Maybe I just need to rethink what I want to do. Maybe get a better generator than what I have.........

Yes, the power consumption includes A/C, sometimes even both of them. It also includes a 1300w resistance heater, and also the element in the water heater. I know there are lots of ways to cut back on consumption, but used those numbers because that is what I have to work with and I would rather...