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Old 02-12-2012, 09:52 PM   #1
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Heated bed

Does anyone know what the draw is on the heated matresses? I have a little Honda EM500 and was hoping it would work for one bed. I would plug it directly into the generator.

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Old 02-12-2012, 10:19 PM   #2
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you're not allowed to run generators during the night in nearly every campground i know of.

but the heated mattresses don't draw much electricity.

if we dry camp, we usually run the gennie for awhile, right before quiet time and pre-heat the mattress.
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Old 02-12-2012, 11:20 PM   #3
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Does anyone know what the draw is on the heated matresses? I have a little Honda EM500 and was hoping it would work for one bed. I would plug it directly into the generator.

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Old 02-12-2012, 11:38 PM   #4
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Cool thank you. I won't be staying in any campgrounds. All in random camping areas (dry camping). It's cool here in the sping and the heated bed would be nice.
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Old 02-13-2012, 09:31 AM   #5
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Cool thank you. I won't be staying in any campgrounds. All in random camping areas (dry camping). It's cool here in the sping and the heated bed would be nice.
Cool. I will be heading up to Calgary in July if things work out.
Where in or around Calgary would be a nice location for a few days?
I have a Honda EU3000is generator so I can run the AC if it really gets hot or cold.
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Old 02-13-2012, 09:39 AM   #6
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If you like the mountains then south west of Calgary is very nice for random camping. The place is called Dutch Creek and Livingstone. There is a campground there too if you don't want to rough it. LOL It's about an hour and a half from Calgary. There are a few close to calgary as well but hard to get a big trailer into.
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Old 02-14-2012, 12:32 AM   #7
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There is also waiporous. It's northwest of Calgary. It's easy to get bigger trailers in there. Also fairly close to banff if one wants to take a day trip there.

Just be aware that there is gravel roads to travel to get to these places FYI
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Stay away from Calgary West CG. Stopped there last spring. Water not turned on and no sewer but stilled charged for a full service site. When I went to site they were so narrow that the TT beside me had their slides out and I could not get into the site. If I had driven into the site I would not have been able to extend my slides. I would rate this CG a -2 out of 10
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Old 02-14-2012, 12:16 PM   #9
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Stay away from Calgary West CG. Stopped there last spring. Water not turned on and no sewer but stilled charged for a full service site. When I went to site they were so narrow that the TT beside me had their slides out and I could not get into the site. If I had driven into the site I would not have been able to extend my slides. I would rate this CG a -2 out of 10
Thank you for that information.
Seems Calgary doesn't have many campgrounds but whatever we do we will enjoy the visit no matter what.
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Old 02-14-2012, 12:44 PM   #10
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This is where we will be staying when attending the Calgary Stampede...

Calaway Park - Calgary, Alberta - Western Canada's Largest Amusement Theme Park and Campground
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Old 02-14-2012, 04:34 PM   #11
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This is where we will be staying when attending the Calgary Stampede...

Calaway Park - Calgary, Alberta - Western Canada's Largest Amusement Theme Park and Campground

Thanks Fonzie.
A little ways out of town is good.
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Old 02-14-2012, 06:37 PM   #12
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check out reserve.albertaparks.ca
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check out reserve.albertaparks.ca
Just check this one out. Very nice and informative.
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We love our heated mattress we use it quite often in the spring and the fall of the camping season
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Old 02-14-2012, 09:57 PM   #16
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We love our heated mattress we use it quite often in the spring and the fall of the camping season
For some werid reason you can't buy a heated mattress in Arizona.
I think it must be against the law or something.
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