2005 450 LXI

[Pete Masterson]

The newest Blue Birds use a _lot_ of electricity. You'd probably need
the roof space of 3 or 4 birds to have sufficient solar power to
really make a dent in the electrical draw. (The newest birds have a
20KW generator.)

I'm not sure when the first "all electric" Birds were made, but my
'95 is all electric and has a standard home-style 22 or 24 cu ft.
Amana two door refrigerator. It operates only on 120 vac only. I also
have a 120 vac cook top. (It doesn't heat up as fast as a 220 vac
unit would, but it seems like it gets as hot as any other electric
stove I've used with similar sized "burners" -- in other words, it's
better than a hot plate.)

The two 2500 watt inverters supply power to the microwave and
refrigerator as well as several of the wall plugs and 120 vac light
fixtures. I've never tried the convection oven feature while on
inverter power, but I'd guess it's "on" as well. The cooktop is not
powered by the inverters.

I'll observe that the all-electric is a blessing and a curse. The
blessing is that I never have to deal with getting propane, worry
about lp gas connections or adjustments, nor worry about an aging lp
gas tank. The curse is that the home-type refrigerator really sucks
the house batteries down fast.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Lubbock Texas



On Dec 2, 2007, at 2:15 PM, Jon wrote:

> Was I reading that article right? Do these newer Wanderlodge not
> have three way refrigerators? You know 110AC ,12volt and propane? I
> would think that at around 450,000 dollars they would have this set
> up.
>
> And why at this price do they not have on top solar battery charger?