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Mule Mon 01 Jul 2013 09:01:02 No.151476 View View Report

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>>151469
Of course I've got pics.

Early spring ride a few years ago. Blew up my sled that Feb, shitty snow year anyways, so out on the bike whenever I could. Still got down below freezing at night, and this particular weekend it was windy as fuck so I was really glad to have a roof over my head (and a furnace in teh wall) that night.

I'll save you the full details but...
-Installed furnace, thermostat, propane line
-Installed 3 duplex 120v outlets inside connected to a "motor base" inlet on the front of the trailer
-Insulation in walls/ceiling/doors, 1" foil-backed iso board, spray-foamed in all the gaps
-All new wiring: brakes, interal lights, external (vehicle) lights, furnace (obviously), trailer harness
-New tires, grind/undercoat steel frame... wireless backup camera on the back... i'm sure there's some other stuff i'm forgetting. Been a few years now.

Anyways... Furnace's combustion air intake and exhaust are in that small section of diamond plate on the top-rear of the trailer's side. Box on the front of the V-nose is for the propane hose/regulator. Motor base is kinda behind the 40lb propane cylinder, yellow extension cabled plugged into it and the generator by the front tire of the truck.

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Mule Tue 18 Jun 2013 19:14:49 No.141887 View View Report

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Water heaters ... Yeah, they're like the instant inline-heaters you can get for your house. The cold-weather package insulates the tanks and may throw some heat tape around them.

There's generally two energy sources things run off of: 12V DC and Propane. Most people opt for a generator to run 120v appliances and charge the 12v house batteries.
Lights, furnace blower, stereo are 12v.
Furnace and stove are probably going to be propane.
AC and microwave will connect to the generator.

On the topic of generators... 1kW is good for minimalist camping. It's plenty of power to charge the 12v system and run small items.
I have a 2kW, which is good for what I need. I can hook up my battery charger (12v/15A, about 200w at full output), 600w halogen work light, charge my computer/camera/phone/radio batteries (probably 150w combined) and still have power to spare. Since it's 2kW output, I can run my 1.2kW microwave off it, which I couldn't do with a smaller genset.
AC units require a -lot- of power. Even with the small ones, you're going to be best off with a 3kW or more generator.
Get the inverter models, they can adjust the RPMs to maximize efficiency if you're not putting it under heavy load. The 5kW+ construction generators run at a constant 3600 RPM... they're loud and suck a lot of fuel if you're not using the wattage.

Pic related, my setup. Generac iX2000 genset by the front tire, 40lb propane cylinder by the trailer. Furnace (intake/exhaust are top-rear on the side of the trailer) runs off propane, and the generator kept everything powered/charged.
On the house battery, I can run for a night or two (depending on how often the furnace is running) without running the generator, which is nice.

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