Can anyone say for reasonably sure whether is less expensive to run an RV refrigerator on propane or on electric -- I know, how much for each and how much do you use it and all that ... don't know, but as a general rule, what would anyone think is more bucks.
It would depend on who is paying for the electric. We seldom stay in a park long enough to get a monthly rate or a rate that requires a charge of "actual use of electricity". We are sitting in a park right now that has each site metered but that only comes into play if you are on a monthly rate. We are paying a flat daily rate of the amount of electricity we use doesn't matter. Due to that I always run my fridge on electric instead of my own propane. Same with heat, when we need it. I'll run the electric heat pumps over the propane furnaces anytime.
We have only filled our propane tank on this coach twice after two years and 22,000 miles. We had our last coach give years and I'd top off the propane tank maybe once a year. I have no way of figuring the cost of the two since usually on have the fridge on propane when we are driving down the road or in the very few instances of when we have dry camped.
Can anyone say for reasonably sure whether is less expensive to run an RV refrigerator on propane or on electric -- I know, how much for each and how much do you use it and all that ... don't know, but as a general rule, what would anyone think is more bucks.
QUOTE: It would depend on who is paying for the electric.
This is my own property -- not a CG ... I'm just wondering if it makes more dollar sense to go with propane or electric ... and I can't just test it because I have no way to seperate out the actual 'camper use' from the rest of the property use.
In our rig, we can run the fridge/freezer off propane for few months on one tank, consuming about 6 gal/month. But this is in the winter when the fridge doesn't work too hard. However, I've heard of others who complain that their fridge will suck up 6/gal a week!
This is my own property -- not a CG ... I'm just wondering if it makes more dollar sense to go with propane or electric ... and I can't just test it because I have no way to seperate out the actual 'camper use' from the rest of the property use.
The only thing I can relate here is when my folks were living on the farm. The house was all electric, including the furnace. When he added onto the house he put in a gas (propane) stove for that room and put in a propane tank. It was much cheaper to heat with propane than with electric. Not sure how this relates to your RV fridge though.
