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12-02-2016, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by ben31
One of the main reasons touse your furnace is to lessen the chance of your basement items (tanks) freezing. We mostly use an electric space heater when the temps are above about 32 degrees and a combination, when it is below that.
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The OP has a TT, so no basement, like a 5th wheel or MH.
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12-02-2016, 07:42 PM
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When camping with electrical hookups, we use our built-in fireplace/space heater and keep the overhead ceiling fan on low to help disperse the heated air. Works fine until the outside temperature hits below freezing. Then we add an electric space heater in the bedroom, and all is cozy again. The space heater we use has a feature that automatically shuts it off it is jostled, turns over, or is otherwise disturbed.
Without electrical hookups, we use the propane furnace; noisy and you must insure your batteries are fully charged, but it keeps us warm.
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12-02-2016, 07:47 PM
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TT can have heated tanks, not in a "Basement" but with enclosed underbelly. Or Coachman FE 28rbs has heated underbelly. You have to use he heater to keep them warm.
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12-02-2016, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by bikendan
The OP has a TT, so no basement, like a 5th wheel or MH.
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I think a lot of the FR trailers duct some of the furnace air into the area where the tanks are located. With the coroplast liner the warm air is trapped and does a good job keeping the tank temperature above freezing. System works very well on my Vengeance.
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12-02-2016, 08:23 PM
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We use an Eden Pure space heater. They are completely safe and will not tip over, I made stow brackets for ours so it won't roll during travel. The cabinet when in use never gets hot, in fact I have our printer attached to the top. I can move it over in front of the furnace return and just turn the blower on the furnace without turning the furnace burner on and circulate the hot air thru the furnace blower if necessary. We normally don't move the heater and just turn the furnace blower on for circulation.
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12-02-2016, 08:29 PM
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I must have the only quite furnace on the planet....
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12-02-2016, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by bob caldwell
I must have the only quite furnace on the planet....
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No, we have a quiet furnace also.
Of course I grew up in the country with an oil burner furnace. We always listened for the furnace running, to make sure it was working right. When we moved into our first house with a gas furnace, it drove me nuts not being able to hear the furnace run.
As far as using the propane furnace or electric space heaters, we use both. On our monthly site, we pay for electric, so exclusive use of electric space heaters is impractical. We turn our furnace down to 65* or so at night, and keep,the bedroom warm with a electric space heater. During the day, we primarily use the propane furnace supplemented by the electric fireplace if needed.
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12-02-2016, 08:58 PM
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Electrical included in this site, but propane is $1.99 a gal.
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12-02-2016, 09:02 PM
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I've lived near train tracks all my life. The propane furnace doesn't wake me.
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12-02-2016, 09:05 PM
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And I've raced all mine....so noise is a non factor....
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12-02-2016, 09:08 PM
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I use the fireplace to take the chill off the main living area. Hardly ever use the furnace. We're in Minnesota. It's wither warm or cold as hell and if it's that I'm not camping. So. At the end of the year. I use the furnace, gas, in the morning. Then nothing during the day, and if necessary at night before bed, the fireplace. Then at sleep, I may even put a ceramic heater in for the night. I wish mine had the cadet electric wall heater in it. Love them darn things! Although. I'd really live to know the efficiency of electin vs propane. Drives me nuts to see that meter spinning!!!
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12-02-2016, 09:11 PM
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One good thing about winter camping......you sure get to know where all the drafts are coming from....
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12-02-2016, 11:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mdaniels4
I use the fireplace to take the chill off the main living area. Hardly ever use the furnace. We're in Minnesota. It's wither warm or cold as hell and if it's that I'm not camping. So. At the end of the year. I use the furnace, gas, in the morning. Then nothing during the day, and if necessary at night before bed, the fireplace. Then at sleep, I may even put a ceramic heater in for the night. I wish mine had the cadet electric wall heater in it. Love them darn things! Although. I'd really live to know the efficiency of electin vs propane. Drives me nuts to see that meter spinning!!!
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See post 27
Electric heaters normally run at 100% efficiency. I tried to find the efficiency ratings on the Suburban propane heaters used in RV units and could not find any published ratings. An efficiency of 60 to 70% would be expected as they are of a non condensing design. (at least mine is)
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12-02-2016, 11:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankG
See post 27
Electric heaters normally run at 100% efficiency. I tried to find the efficiency ratings on the Suburban propane heaters used in RV units and could not find any published ratings. An efficiency of 60 to 70% would be expected as they are of a non condensing design. (at least mine is)
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X2. I would concur with 60-70%. Our furnaces are built to be simple, not efficient. (Which is probably just as well, or we'd REALLY be having problems with them!)
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12-02-2016, 11:33 PM
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Being newbies, we tried different ways to heat our 2504. I bought 2 ceramic table top space heaters, which work well. We use one or both (on low) depending on how cold it gets outside. On our TT all of the outlets are on one circuit. So I put in another ground fault outlet wired directly to a pass through on the side of the camper. I just hook up another cord to the 20 amp plug on the post. This is what we do with "free" electric. When we went to the Martinsville NASCAR race in Oct. I tried a portable propane space heater that I allready had. Even with a window open it still seemed to smell a little although no alarms went off. After that we just ran the furnace at night and a electric heater in the morning when the generator was on. When there are no grandkids using the bunk beds the ceramic heater works great sitting on the shelf above the tv. I think ceramic heaters are safer and more durable to being bounced around than those heaters where a wire gets red hot. Our camper is small and open enough that we don't seem to have any problems with hot or cold areas. Jay
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12-02-2016, 11:48 PM
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Electric Heater Placement
There have been a number of posts in this thread where portable electric heaters are placed on tables, counters and on higher shelf's. I do not have any issues with the practice except it defies all space heating physics. We all know heat rises and in a confined space if you heat the top layer the lower layer (floor) would remain much cooler. I would require a new pair of wool socks.
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12-03-2016, 10:11 AM
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We bought a ceramic heater for our 25 ft TT. 1st night we used it, the breaker outside was tripped. Fun time at 4am to fix this problem. We really thought we were careful to unplug as much as possible as only extra was my CPAP. We are new so still learning, but having a blast!
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12-03-2016, 10:17 AM
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12-03-2016, 11:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frenchmp
We bought a ceramic heater for our 25 ft TT. 1st night we used it, the breaker outside was tripped. Fun time at 4am to fix this problem. We really thought we were careful to unplug as much as possible as only extra was my CPAP. We are new so still learning, but having a blast!
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I'm guessing the outside breaker has gotten "weak." Your space heater should only pull about 12-13 amps. I doubt your CPAP pulls anything like 10 or 15 amps. You might want to buy a 30 amp female to 50 amp male adapter and plug into the 50 amp circuit on the pedestal if it happens again. The 50 amp circuits don't get as much use.
Here's a fairly cheap one:
https://www.amazon.com/Arcon-14018-G.../dp/B004RCQR36
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12-03-2016, 11:33 AM
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never mind.....
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