genejones

As far a using propane for fridge and hot water to save money, better check it out. Electric hot water has no wasted heat, Feel the vent of your water heater and furnace while on propane. That is wasted energy. Same for your fridge. At $3.00 pus per gallon for propane it is no bargain. There is always a base charge on the electric meter which you will pay even without using any shore power. Add it all up and final answer is really fuzzy. Also if you have a 320 watt panel, you will be lucky to get 50% of that power during the day, unless your panels follow the sun and it is mid summer. That will equal about 2 kilo watt hours of power. Your TV uses about 1 kilowatt hr. every 5 hour. Add lights, micro wave, hair dryer etc. and you are beyond the range of your solar panels. Thus still needing shore power.