I have a 30 foot hy line travel trailer. What should electric bills run when living in it full time?

Question

We live in TX and are gone all day but it is running in the 105 range down here?

Answer 1

I lived full time in a 30 ft fifth wheel w/slide outs for over two years in Northwest Washington state, just south of the Canadian border.

I don't know how rates compare, and obviously the need there was for heat rather than A/C, however, it should be able to give you a ball park idea of costs.

During the winter, when heating was neccessary almost 24/7, and we used electric space heaters, our electricity costs ran around $50 a month. At least one of us was home most all the time, and there were two TV's, video game consoles, and a computer running usually, plus refrigerator, and electric cooking appliances, and two electric blankets at night.

During the summer, spring and fall, electricity was closer to $15-25, which included a few days of A/C, but not many.

Hope this gives a bit of an idea.
Enjoy!

Answer 2

You are onto the air-conditioning threat to your budget. You can control that biggest of all ticket by parking your rig in the shade of a large tree, or by erecting a roof-tent on it (honest!) to provide shade.

Gosh, so many variables!! Are you on urban (municipal co-op) lines or rural (lower-cost co-op) ones? That would make a 10-15 percent difference right there.

Do you have a full-size refri or a office-size one? Big difference, right there, again.

Watch a lot of TV? Play a lot of stereo? Big-ticket items. --24/7 computer isn't. That's about $7 a year total.

Good insulation to your rig or bare metal backed by plywood?

On and on, more variables.

How many times you go and out, thus losing your cool (temperature-wise)? Do you run the air 24/7 or just when you are home?

All things considered, my guess is about $50 a month, $80 tops. You are blessed with low rates in Texas, you know.

Elsewhere, should you move to NE USA, say, expect up to $130--if you could even use that living setup.

Honest.

Answer 3

Yikes. No clue but probably high. Doesn't it feel like you are living in a tin can?