Recreational Vehicle Generators and Options Today’s RVs have fairly significant electrical requirements. If you think about it, an RV today is the approximate equivalent of a two bedroom house on wheels, moving down the road or standing still. The newer RVs are equipped with the latest generation of electronics, including large flat panel TVs, computers and security and safety devices such as back up cameras. A lot of that technology is less power hungry than predecessor technology. The flat panels use less electricity than the older tube type TVs and computer monitors. You can get and should specify tankless water heaters for all your hot water needs. Your air conditioning unit has to be of sufficient capability to keep the RV cool, while running as an accessory in a moving vehicle, and when running on auxiliary power in a parked RV.

If you are looking at purchasing a big Class A diesel pusher, most of your electrical problems may be mooted by the capabilities of the diesel engine that drives your motorhome. Diesels are very good as power for electrical generators. If you are going to buy a separate generator for any RV you will probably want a diesel powered generator for its stability as a power source, and the relative safety of transporting diesel fuel rather than a separate gasoline tank.

Another consideration in accessorizing your motorhome deals with the water supply. Most non-RVers don’t think about how much water weighs, but significant quantities of water do weigh quite a bit and you want to get water tanks with the latest anti-sloshing devices in them. A half-filled sloshing water tank is not fun in your moving and maneuvering vehicle. Today’s motorhomes, Class A and Class C usually have indoor plumbing and waste storage tanks, and these would fall into this area of consideration.

It had been common that motorhomes use propane for cooking to lighten the electrical power consumption of the motorhome, but today with the popularity of microwave cooking and the increased output of portable generators, there seems to be a switch to the safer heat source of electricity. If you choose, or if you have propane cooking equipment and/or heating equipment remember the need for safety and provide adequate ventilation.

Beside all of the considerations above, the sky’s the limit as to what you can carry with you in your RV. There are professional writers who are traveling the country with their computers and cameras, whiling away their days and nights making money in their RVs with no permanent address. The rule is becoming take what you want; there’ll be room for it in the RV.

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