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wrybread
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Jun 20, 2016

Ideas for a more electrically efficient heater?

My furnace kills my batteries because of its blower. It's older (1989), does anyone have any experience swapping it out with something more efficient? Or any other ideas? I may just wall mount a ca...
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wrybread
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Jun 21, 2016
> I have yet to see an RV furnace use anything other than the STD Cheepie squirrel cage

I guess the big question is, is there a viable alternative to a "cheapie squirrel cage"?

> The one with the smaller motor, 5.5 amp drain will move less CuFt of warm air through the RV

Which in most cases is just fine. Remember, catalytic heaters have no fan at all and they heat a camper very well.

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