How does one usually supply electricity for a motorhome?
Electrical hookups in campgrounds or by generators. Generators are optional equipment on all but the very largest and most expensive RVs. With a generator, most or all of the electrical equipment on an RV can be used, even when the RV is parked in the middle of the desert. Generators can also be used to charge a dead engine battery. RVs with air conditioners will often need to use a generator to use the air conditioner. Unless an RV is equipped with a power inverter, a generator is also needed to power a microwave and other power-hungry devices like blow dryers. Most RVers these days opt for an air conditioner. All but the longest RVs will have one unit, normally on the top of the RV. Long units those over 35 feet may have two. Some new model RVs have sleek, low profile central air conditioning systems. RV air conditioners need a lot of power, and so cannot be operated except when the RV is hooked up to electricity in a RV park (many public campgrounds with hookups do not provide enoug
