cargo heater rv3000 replacement

Where did you purchase the Back Seat Heater?

I have an O2 Holiday Rambler Neptune which has one of these "Back Seat Heaters" in the wet bay.

If you look at the plug in connection to the heater, on each side there are two larger wires that connect with each other. The middle connection has two wires running on the supply side, and one lighter white wire running from the heater side up into the heater. These middle wires are connected to the thermostat. I accidently pulled the two center wires from the supply side out and the light on my control panel would not come on, with temps down to 15F. I connected it up again last night and it works fine. I got to see the 12V "Backseat Heater" actually work. There is a thermostat on the heater I set to come on at around 30F. I also plugged around the hoses going thru the floor of the wet compartment with towels to prevent cold air from coming in from the floor. We are full timing and have about 120 feet of water hose, which froze up on us a few nights ago. It is now 100% insulated and hasnt froze since.

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Thanks.

PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE GIVEN SOME MORE BACK GROUND INFO ON COACH, I DO NOT HAVE THE COLD WEATHER PACKAGE THAT INCLUDED SOME OF THE EXTRA INSULATION AND THE HEATING OPTION ON THE BLACK/GRAY TANKS (I CALLED MONACO AND ASKED) I AM SECOND OWNER OF THIS RV AND NOTICED THAT IN EXTREMEMLY COLD WEATHER THE HEATER IN THE BAY WOULD NOT COME ON, SO I HIRED A RV REPAIRMAN (I LIVE IN A RURAL COMMUNITY) AND HE SAID THAT THE CARGO HEAT RV3000 WAS BROKEN AND YOU COULD NOT REPAIR, JUST REPLACE, WHEN MONACO SAID ALMOST $400 WITH TAX AND SHIPPING, I STARTED LOOKING FOR OTHER OPTIONS, AS I HAVE READ OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ONLINE, AND NOBODY HAS MENTIONED THE BACK SEAT HEATER THAT IS THE EXACT SAME SIZE AND APPEARS TO BE THE SAME THING, SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS INSTALLED ONE OF THESE IN PLACE OF A BROKEN CARGO HEAT AND DO THEY KNOW HOW THEY HAVE PERFORMED AND IS THERE ANY CONCERNS I SHOULD BE AWARE OF. THANKS

When you turn on cargo heat inside the RV the heater does not go on immediately. There is a thermostat that senses temp. It only turns on when it gets down to about 35 degrees. My coach, and I suspect your coach also, has heat pads on the grey and black tank. The thermostat is supposed to also turn them on with that same switch. I have not looked for that thermostat. I don't know if that thermostat is in the heater or just somewhere else in the wet bay. I would call Monaco and ask where that thermostat is located.

That does bring up another issue. Is it your heater or is it the thermostat?

MONACO MUST HAVE PURCHASED A BUNCH OF THE ORIGINAL RV3000 BEFORE IT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. THEY WANTED $350 FOR IT, AND I KNOW FROM READING ONLINE THE HEATER IS WORTH NO MORE THEN $150. I AM NOT VERY KNOWLEGABLE ELECTRICALLY, SO I AM NOT SURE ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU BROUGHT UP, AND IT IS SOME OF MY CONCERNS WITH THE 110V BACK SEAT HEATER I PURCHASED, IF IT IS ABLE TO RUN WITH NO RISK OF FIRE DANGER WITH THE EXISTING SET UP OF THE CARGO HEAT. I THINK THE THERMOSTAT IS INSIDE THE CARGO HEATER AND THE BACK SEAT HEATER HAS A THERMOSTAT SWITCH ON THE FRONT OF THE HEATER, BUT NOT SURE WHAT THE RANGE IS FOR TEMPERATURE. APPRECIATE ANYONES HELP WITH THE HEATER I PURCHASED AND IF IT WILL WORK SAFELY,LIKE I SAID IT IS RUNNING AND APPEARS TO BE DOING WHAT I NEED???

I haven't taken my Cargo heater apart but notice there are several wires to the heater. Is the thermostat inside the heater? When turning on the heater from inside the coach the heater is supposed to automatically turn on at 35 and off at 45 degrees. I think any 12 volt heater would work if it was no more than 300 watts. Doesn't Monaco stock the Cargo heater? I have a Cargo heater in my 2013 Monaco.

I only have had opportunity to check my heater once when I was in 10 degree wx. Last night it was 29 but wet bay was still at 42 degrees so heater never turned on.

also by the way, it says on the back seat heater that this model is not meant to replace the cargo rv3000, but it is the exact same in size and looks identical in its appearance, minus a few more switches and controls on the new one back seat heater.