Battery conversion

AuScot
AuScot Forum Participant Posts: 4
edited November 2021 in Motorhomes #1

Not sure if this has been asked before.  Has anybody Converted their Motorhome from diesel to battery?  If so, how much did it cost?  Who carried out the work. Asking, because we'll not have our diesels forever. 

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  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited November 2021 #2

    I very much think before ice vehicles are off the road your diesel would be have been confined to the scrap yardwink

     

  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited November 2021 #3

    In short...mega bucks....don't even think about it.

    'everything' is different....many motorhomes don't have enough storage or payload for a few sweaters let alone the massive battery bank you'll need...plus, plus, plus....

    just enjoy your van...the only date looming is for the stopping of sales of new diesel vehicles not the use of current ones....

  • AuScot
    AuScot Forum Participant Posts: 4
    edited November 2021 #4

    Thank you for your replies.  Just trying to get myself a greener plan.  Probably better then to sell and buy a newer model than my 2005 Cusona 954.

     

  • young thomas
    young thomas Forum Participant Posts: 11,356
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    edited November 2021 #5

    Do you mean a 594?

    either way, a great van from 2005....MMM loved it, enjoy.

    Cusona 594

  • Another DaveB
    Another DaveB Forum Participant Posts: 30
    edited November 2021 #6

    Yep, as with most equipment, whether a phone, a washing machine, a boiler or a motorhome, the "greenest" plan is to continue using what you've already bought, not scrap it & start again purely on the basis of energy usage. There's far too much going to landfill as it is, and even recoverable/reusable materials cost resources to recover/reuse.

    And don't forget that you will have to choose a compromise somewhere on the scale between a battery+motor that simply replaces the weight of engine+fuel tank (but only gets you about 50 miles at a time) and a battery giving you 500 miles range (but will probably need most of your 3.5t towing capacity to cart around).

     

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