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profdant139
Explorer II
Dec 06, 2017

Mini-catalytic heater for keeping tanks warm off-grid??

I really want to enclose my underbelly and do more cold weather camping. But unless I have a huge solar array (impossible on such a small trailer), I can't power the heat tapes to keep the tanks from...
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GordonThree
Explorer
Dec 06, 2017
2oldman wrote:
profdant139 wrote:
And ducts from the furnace are out of the question for the same reason -- that needs too much juice.
Sounds like you're under-batteried.


X2 ... Add more batteries. I have heat pads on my tanks, heat tape on the sewer pipes and valves, as well as heat tape on the fresh line from the pump.

Four cheap AGM batteries run all the heating elements and the furnace. Typically down to 60% twelve hours later, so it's not a small load.

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