2005 450 LXI

[brad barton]

Dave, We may have the best of both worlds..an lp ref and nothing else..although
I had to have mine serviced this year. Aqua hot works great. We still ran the
generator 30 minutes to an hour twice a day when dry-camping at Branson over
Thanksgiving. It was pretty cold at night. The engine preheat worked great
too. I'm not sure about the generator engine pre-heat. It appears to be just
electric. If so, why would you want to preheat the generator when you're
already on the grid, or why use preheat when you have glow-plugs..or..does Aqua
hot pump warmed water to the generator?Brad Barton 00LXiDFWbbartonwx@...


To: WanderlodgeForum@...: aeonix1@...: Sun, 2 Dec 2007
20:23:33 -0600Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] 2005 450 LXI




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 42aeonix1@... the road at Lubbock
TexasOn 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?






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