Fifth Wheel external propane heater
We are going to be camping in some cold weather in Colorado and are thinking about upgrading our supplemental heating. We have been looking at the Big Buddy and Mr. Heater Wall heaters as primaries bu...
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Artic Fox are well insulated, far better than our 2005 Copper Canyon. We are currently staying comfortable in our 32' rig using our Cheap Heat system on the 5,000 watt setting. This equates to 17,060 btu, so if you have a 30,000 or 35,000 btu furnace that should do fine down to about zero. Currently we are seeing temps down to 27 to 28 degrees over night.
Keep in mind that the furnace is the only way the underbelly gets heat to keep pipes from freezing.
I am one of the never a catalytic gas heater inside my rig!
I found that the install of the Cheap Heat system also improved the air flow over the gas heat exchanger so it works much better.
Artic Fox are well insulated, far better than our 2005 Copper Canyon. We are currently staying comfortable in our 32' rig using our Cheap Heat system on the 5,000 watt setting. This equates to 17,060 btu, so if you have a 30,000 or 35,000 btu furnace that should do fine down to about zero. Currently we are seeing temps down to 27 to 28 degrees over night.
Keep in mind that the furnace is the only way the underbelly gets heat to keep pipes from freezing.
I am one of the never a catalytic gas heater inside my rig!
I found that the install of the Cheap Heat system also improved the air flow over the gas heat exchanger so it works much better.
