I've gone all electric. The products and information available for off-grid solar homes have made it possible to use electric appliances. For me, the refrigerator is less of a challenge than hot water and heat. Propane is really good at heating water and producing heat for forced air systems.
I' have basically substituted diesel for propane, (for the generator). We use electric hot water heaters, a diesel hot water heater, and a heat exchanger tied to the generator and engine cooling systems. For coach heat I'm using a small resistance heater in line with the a/c and hydronic heating, (like you'd find on a sail boat).
If I was doing it all over again I'd probably do it the same way, but I'd really think it over. I had to blaze a new trail with a lot of this stuff and pull things in from the boating and over the road trucking fields, (diesel water heater). Propane is simple but then you have another tank to fill.
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