dry camping
How to avoid coach batteries being drain while running furnace during dry camping
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Buddy heaters or other radiant propane heaters are great, have one myself, but even “ventilation” is not 100% sufficient to keep the moisture down in an enclosed structure.
Those things make a lot of water and a de humidifier is almost a necessity in a camper if one is used regularly.
For comparison, if I heat my 32’ enclosed trailer with the buddy heater (continuously, not just sporadically to warm up for a bit), the little heater will heat up a 250sf structure to room temp at slightly below freezing temps, but if it runs for a day or more without running a box fan and leaving vents open, the walls and ceiling are dripping. With the fan, there’s still a bit of condensation forming. Add the humidity of occupants in a camper and it’s too much moisture.
If in a dry environment and not where we live, it’s better but not a good solution for heating a camper long term.
Those things make a lot of water and a de humidifier is almost a necessity in a camper if one is used regularly.
For comparison, if I heat my 32’ enclosed trailer with the buddy heater (continuously, not just sporadically to warm up for a bit), the little heater will heat up a 250sf structure to room temp at slightly below freezing temps, but if it runs for a day or more without running a box fan and leaving vents open, the walls and ceiling are dripping. With the fan, there’s still a bit of condensation forming. Add the humidity of occupants in a camper and it’s too much moisture.
If in a dry environment and not where we live, it’s better but not a good solution for heating a camper long term.
