Safe electric heaters you can run all night

We started with a ceramic but in our teardrop could not get it low enough that we did not get too hot. The current one which works well is a West Marine heater.

Also get one of these: http://www.amazon.com/Safety-Extension-Protected-Shield-1-Outlet/dp/B000XU3P9U
I found them in-store at Walmart for a lot less than the price in the link. It's a 6 foot LCDI safety extension cord, with a 15 amp breaker. I use it on my space heater. The idea being that if the space heater has an electrical problem that it will stop at the extension cord and hopefully not damage the wall outlet or MH wiring. I bought this particular extension cord BECAUSE it only has 1 outlet on it. Only the space heater gets plugged into it - nothing else.



Excluding anti-tipping switches, I found that most space heaters only have a 2-prong plug on the cord. In my opinion an LCDI safety extension cord adds back a measure of protection to the space heater that should have been included at the factory.

DAYLE1 1 reminded me of what I do similar to his report...

I too use a external 120VAC control to keep my electric heaters from coming on during the day - especially when I have the trailer stored at home.

These are called the THERMO CUBES which plug into the 120VAC RECEPTACLE and have several different temperature zones available. I use the 35 degree model. This trip ON when the temperature inside the the trailer get below 35 degrees and then trips off when the inside temperature gets above 45 degrees...

These are also great for heating up the storage cabinets with a 100-watt bulb plugged into them... Available from AMAZON



Pretty handy to have around...

Roy Ken

I use oil filled heaters. But in addition they are plugged in thru a remote thermostat, a Lux WIN100 unit. With it's own temp sensor at the outlet rather than at the heater, it is much more accurate at controlling temp. I can set the A/C at 5 degrees higher than the heater. When I leave the trailer in the morning, the heater will be running. When I return in the afternoon, the heater will be stone cold and the A/C may be running if afternoon temps really heat up.

Oil filled heaters have a steady heat output so less temp variation in the coach and since the heating element doesn't experience as much thermal shock, it should be less likely to fail.

By far I would say the OIL-FILLED Electric Heaters are the safest to use in the trailers around Kids, Pets, and blowing window curtains etc... These heaters have no visible flame or hot core...

I have been using these two style from day one for me...



The low profile model works great in my POPUP trailer.

If I feel I need to move some air around the heaters I will sit one of the O2COOL AC/DC/D-CELL fans behind it..


Roy Ken

MFL wrote:
I would check my smoke detector occasionally, but I think most newer electric heaters are safe.

I always check chord temp, near the plug, before bed time. If it is getting hot, I'd turn to lower watts, or not use at night.

I agree, on the oil filled being better.

Jerry

Bingo! Always check where it's plugged into the wall. Often times it's not the heater, but the wiring and oulet in the wall.
Brian

you can always look at the directions of the heater you are going to buy but I must ask if noise makes a difference to you when you are sleeping. even the little ceramic heaters are thermo controlled and they turn off and on at night. it wakes some people up when it does this. the oil filled are not fan pushed so they make no noise. something to think about.

ditto on the oil filled radiators being safest. I can attest that the small ceramic ones, if put on the floor next to the bed, and if the covers get kicked down to cover the face, stuff will get singed.
started putting them up on the counter. those milk barn types with open resistive coils seem unsafe to me.
bumpy

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

Oil filled are about the safest ones to use.

x2 I have two of them

I would check my smoke detector occasionally, but I think most newer electric heaters are safe.

I always check chord temp, near the plug, before bed time. If it is getting hot, I'd turn to lower watts, or not use at night.

I agree, on the oil filled being better.

Jerry