Odds & Ends
 

Here is a page of just some odds & ends that don't need a page of their own, but could prove to be useful information.

Weights of various liquids

Propane or Electricity?

Here is a question that came up recently. Which is more efficient to run the fridge or hot water heater on, propane or electricity?  Here is what I found.

One gallon of propane can produce 91,690 btu's of energy (according to this website).

One kilowatt-hour can produce 3412 btu's of energy (according to this website).

So that's roughly 26.87 kilowatt-hours of electricity to equal 1 gallon of propane.

Since electric rates and fuel prices vary, you'll need to do your own math on this one, but here are some general formulas:

For propane, divide the cost per gallon by the number of btu's per gallon to get the number of btu's per dollar of propane.

For electricity, divide 1 by the cost per kilowatt-hour, then multiply the result by 3412 to get the number of btu's per dollar of electricity.

This is probably more specific to full-timers that must pay for their own power and propane rather than part-timers.  If you're a part-timer like me, when you go camping you'll get electrical hook-ups (or at least most of the time).  If I'm paying for a campsite that includes electrical hook-ups, I'm going to use their electricity.  (Or is it mine since I paid for it?)

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