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Recreational Vehicle Interiors

Recreational vehicles come in all shapes and sizes from class A diesel pushers, Fifth wheels, to pull behind trailers. Rving is becoming popular amongst adventurers, young and not so young. With recreation vehicles, you can experience all the comforts of home, despite the sometimes rough environment of campsites. The interior and amenities of a recreational vehicle play a major part in a comfortable stay.

A recreational vehicle is normally comprised of a bed, bathroom, small kitchen area, and some storage space. A luxurious recreational vehicle may have a living room with table, TV, kitchen with microwave, refrigerator and a master bedroom with a queen or king bed. The bathrooms are spacious and are fitted with a shower, toilet and sink.You truly get all the comforts of home.

Here are a couple of less glamorous things to know about most rvs. All waste water from sinks to toilets are stored in what are called black and grey water tanks. Black for toilet waste and grey for sink and shower waste. When camping it is always advisable to keep the black water tank closed until you can empty it into your dump at your site or at a dump station nearby. You can leave the grey tank valve open as long as your drain is hooked to a dump, usually provided at your site.

Additional equipment in some recreational vehicles are generators and converters. A generator can be gas, propane or diesel operated. It generates AC voltage, which is very useful when dry camping and electricity is not available to hook your rig to. The converter takes the AC voltage from the generator or the campsite hookups and converts it into DC voltage for low voltage lights and water pumps.

Most rvs are also equipped with batteries for backup electricity. The batteries are charged by the vehicle batteries when being towed. The inverter takes the DC voltage from the batteries and converts it into AC. This voltage is used by the electronic equipments which needs AC voltage.