weekender1999
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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We are seasonal camper and find our power bills are very high. The camp ground owner says it is because we have a trailer that take 50 and so the converter drawer a lot of power.
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Gene&Ginny
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The converter only draws what it needs to keep the battery charged and power whatever lights you use plus a little wasted in the process. If the battery is bad the converter can draw a lot of power trying to charge a dead battery. The 50 amp thing sounds like quite a line, is the campground powering their night lights from your unit?
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Hornet28BHDS
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It sounds like the CG is telling you a lie.
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mwebber78
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How high is high? What do you have drawing elec. in the camper to drive up the costs? Indeed a 50amp rig can draw a lot more energy but it's becuase you can use more elec. "stuff" in a 50amp rig. Such as a extra AC unit, multiple LCD TV's, etc.
My seasonal uses little power, just the lights which are on very little and the fridge, water heater.
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MI Director
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You have to remember that 50AMP service is equal to the power availability of three 30AMP services. Most older mobile homes only use to be 50 AMP service. If your breaker box have the loads equal on both legs you have the ability to pull over 90 AMPS.
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Dennis Smith
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how many kilo watt an hour are you pulling each month. how much a kilo watt an hour are you paying. what is the local rate and figure out the difference. i bet the park is doubling the cost.
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weekender1999
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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We do not have a battery hooked up to the trailer. We run the fridge on propane and the hot water and only have one regular tv. When we are not there we unplug everything electric. We used 750 kilowatt hours in 3 months only camping on weekends. It just seemed like a lot for what we use. This is costing over $37 a month.
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SteveandLayne
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Don't know what you are considering "high", but myabe you can find out just what you're using. In New Mexico last summer, using very little AC, but most everything else (microwave, TVs, washer, dryer, blowdryer, etc) we used about 1000 KW. We used about the same in the RGV during the winter. It depends on what they charge per KW as to how much you have to pay. Maybe you could read your own meter and find out how many KW you're using, then how much the electric co. is charging per KW.
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mowermech
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Has the meter at your site been certified accurate by the State Department of Weights and Measures? Many States require such certification if the RV park is charging for electricity per the metered KwH. Some States say that the park cannot charge more than they are paying for the electricity. If they are making a profit on power sales, they have to have the proper power company business licenses.
You might want to familiarize yourselves with the applicable State laws, to be sure the Rv park is not acting illegally.
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smkettner
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weekender1999 wrote:We do not have a battery hooked up to the trailer. We run the fridge on propane and the hot water and only have one regular tv. When we are not there we unplug everything electric. We used 750 kilowatt hours in 3 months only camping on weekends. It just seemed like a lot for what we use. This is costing over $37 a month.
That is about 15 cents per kilowatt. Might be a bit high but not necessarily. In my stick house I pay a sliding scale from about 10 cents to 40+ cents per kilowatt. Ask to see the actual utility bill or call the utility. Parks are not allowed to make money on regulated power but can generally charge an administrative fee to cover the cost of submeters and billing etc. Check with the area's utility provider.
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