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Originally Posted by Jodlorraine
I have it parked. I stay in it when I'm not working out of town.
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I'm only home mainly on the weekends.
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I'm only using lp gas for stove, oven and furnace. I've used the furnace maybe four nights, the stovetop once and the oven twice. Any ideas why I would go through a 20 lb tank in 8 days??
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I'm not familiar with your Sunline model... How well insulated is it?
I have mine parked at work, plugged into an outside AC outlet and live in it during the week (it saves a 1 hour commute each way)... I use an electric space heater for most of my heating, and use a good electric blanket on the bed. When it gets really, really cold I plug in another electric blanket that is packed around the water heater and water pump since they are normally off.
I use the furnace only when necessary... it's a propane hog. Always off at night and when I'm gone. I turn it on with a remote switch about a half hour before I get out of bed and off once I'm dressed.
Do you have a propane refrigerator? They can use a lot of propane. Some are propane only, some are dual (propane or electric). Most have electronic ignition on the propane... Since I'm plugged in at work I run mine on electricity only.
Do you have a propane water heater? If so there is no need to have it running when you are not using it... i.e. overnight or while you are not there. Some are propane only, some are dual (propane or electric). I run mine on propane, it's much faster recovery (15-20 minutes versus an hour or more). I use mine only for the shower, and I turn it on when I get out of bed. By the time I've had my coffee and breakfast (made with hot water heated in the microwave) the water heater has cycled off and I can take a shower. I turn it off when I get out of the shower... and I double check that it and the furnace are off just before I leave the RV.
And if your are going to be gone for a while then switch off the propane completely. There is no sense in burning propane to keep the trailer warm and the water hot 24 hours a day for 7 days in a week if there is nobody there to use it.
One caution... do not use a unvented propane heater inside a closed trailer as burning propane generates a large quantity of water vapor... it's unavoidable as burning propane or butane generates heat and water vapor. The water vapor will condense into droplets on the inside of the windows or any colder surface. A friend inherited a travel trailer and his only experience with propane was camp stoves and lanterns on boy scout trips... He didn't know about the propane/water vapor issue... He couldn't get the furnace running reliably so he used a Mr. Buddy propane furnace to keep warm all one winter. That was the start of the mold problem in the trailer that he fought for years. In your case the water heater, fridge and furnace are vented, the stove and oven (if you have one) might be. I don't have an oven, the stove is not vented except through the hood and I never have that on.