Just curious, does anyone know if it is more efficient and /or economical to run your standard rv fridge on propane or ac? I know it depends on the price of propane and power but if all things were at average prices? Does that make sense?
Luvglass said
07:19 PM Mar 20, 2011
The difference is pennys either way and only would come into play if you are paying for electricity on a monthly stay.
Daily and weekly normally come with electric included.
In the grand scheme of expenses, the cost of the fridge is like 199 on the list. :)
Bill Adams said
08:04 PM Mar 20, 2011
When your campsite includes electricity, running the fridge on electric is most certainly cheaper (free). However, the fridge uses very little propane so the cost of running the fridge on either source will be very low.
island girl said
10:26 AM Mar 22, 2011
I really was just curious...we are usually in parks on a monthly basis and therefore do pay for power, sometimes as high as 19 cents a killowatt... but budget was not my reason for asking, I just wondered what the difference might be, if any.
NorCal Dan said
10:30 AM Mar 22, 2011
Just from personal experience, I think it cools better on propane. In the past we always used electric since getting propane refilled required moving the coach. Now that I have added an external tank I may go back to running on propane. Some parks make a good income selling electricity to campers and our coach is almost all electric so I think we can save $$ by using propane.
Bill Adams said
03:20 PM Mar 22, 2011
Since the gas absorption fridge cools best when it is hot you are going to get better performance when using propane than when using electricity as the gas heat can do a better/faster job of creating heat than the electric heater can. I have never done a calculation but I suspect that if you have to pay for electric or pay for propane you will be better off paying for the propane due to the higher efficiency.
island girl said
06:43 PM Mar 25, 2011
Thanks Bill and Dan, that's what I wanted to know. I thought I had heard that the fridge worked more efficiently on propane and just wondered if anyone knew if the cost was comparable to electricity.
I really was just curious...we are usually in parks on a monthly basis and therefore do pay for power, sometimes as high as 19 cents a killowatt... but budget was not my reason for asking, I just wondered what the difference might be, if any.