All Electric.

[DBK]

Plus of course it burned diesel.

But the hot water was heated using waste heat which would otherwise just heat the air passing through the radiator. It won't save the planet but every bit helps. We have a Webasto diesel heater which does burn diesel to heat water. Oops...

 

[eddie]

On My camper we have a Six gallon water cylinder, heated By gas, electric or from the engine when driving, which is using LPG so nice and green

 

[DIY campervan]

Your second problem is that all the Dutch occupy the campsite Tesla point

Lol

 

[DIY campervan]

Not quite an old codger yet but not far off and we are starting to think about travelling. In post Corvid world flying no longer seems appropriate. Looking at motorhomes with end bath, couple single beds and not too long.

I want everything from the toilet (slopping out is out of the question) to the heating to be fully electric, i dont want any gas on board as its bad for the environment. Being a techie ive done some bag of the fag packet calculations to see whats possible.

Using some of the modules from the tesla car (6 of them) would give an energy budget of 22.4 KWH per day, recharged of a high output 24v alternator (would take 2 hours tops). Anyone done this already - gone down the all electric route?

tesla module - 5.3kwh 24v x 6 32kwh (22.4 @ 70% charge) 156kg total
alternator 24v - 500a - 12kw


shower mira digital (non heating) 100w - 10 mins 1kw of hot water
underfloor heating - 220w/m2 10m2 - 2.2kwh on max

domestic combi microwave/oven bosche CMG676BS6B 3.6kw
domestic 2 zone inductoin hob smeg max 5kw on boost both zones 3.2kwh max normal
hot water instant unit 9kw
liginting/tv/charge phones etc - 2kwh per day
fridge freezer domestic A+++ 230kwh per annum ~ 0.65kwh per day


24 hour energy budget for 2 people

2 showers = 3kw
fridge = 0.65kw
heating (assume cold on high for average of 5 hours throughout the day/night)) = 8kwh
liginting/tv/charge phones etc - 2kw
cooking for around 1 hour - 4kw
hot water tap 5 mins continuos - 1.5kw
Incinertor toilet - 1kwh average


total budget - 20.5kwh

left in battery 1.9kwh

time to charge approx 2 hours

Its a very noble thing to go all electric but I'm not sure its feasible just yet when camper vans can stray way off the beat n track. The whole point of them to me is to get lost where hotels or camp sites are spars. So long as your away from home long enough, then i think your already saving the planet by not jet setting everywhere and you power down the house you left because houses will comsume energy far more than a tiny box on wheels! Pose fir thought.