Heating Your MH

aztortuga wrote:
Check out the "Vornado" heater with a very nice fan. Sure it is a 1500 watt heater but by design it is quiet, can be digital temp controlled and it is efficient with its fan design. They run about $100. but come with a great warranty and the company is located in Kansas. I had one for some time and then bought another when wintering in Denver. They are a great supplemental heater and far better than the cheap ceramic walmart type heaters.

X's 2! Quiet while on high, and the design really disperse the flow of the heat. We find that by leaving the unit set on medium overnight, and the thermostat set about mid way, we can keep the front of the coach in the low 60's even in temperatures of mid 30's outside. We place ours on the kitchen table, with the power cord up off of the ground out of the way for our dog who likes to walk around at night.

In weather where we don't have shore power, I'll set the Hydrohot on and set the temperature on the front heater zone to 50, and rear zone to 55. I'll get up around 5:30AM, and fire up the Heat Buddy (on top of the table too) I'll set this to the medium setting. The front zone of the heater gets bumped up to 65. By 6:30AM - it's nice and toasty in the front of the coach. I had a inside outlet tapped into the coach large LP tank, and feed the LP to the Heat Buddy with their hose and filter. (And yes, we practice very safe habits on using the Heat Buddy. And maintain our safety devices well.)

Finally, when we have Shore Power with a 50 Amp supply, we do turn on our floors radiant heat - very nice for the feet to hit when stepping out of bed!

Best to all,
Smitty

any $18.00 ceramic cube from walmart will work. the best heat IMHO is with the oil filled radiator types. there are smaller versions available.
bumpy

view cpsc press release - Vornado.com

Check this out, recall on these heaters. All these heaters run on high for long periods cause wiring to over heat. Even oil filled heaters run at 1500 watts. Can cause damage to your inverter also.

Be careful and do not leave them unattended even while you are sleeping.

Pogoil.

Oil filled for sure for safety

Hi,

My work has a few electric heaters to run when the furnace breaks. I don't like the 'oil filled' heaters because they are heavy, large, and take 10 minutes after you unplug it to let it get cool enough to pick it up.

For my RV, I have 3 small fan electric heaters. They are not the tiny 'ceramic heaters' that put out air over 130F, but just the low cost Wal Mart heaters for about $25 each.

They have high and low heat settings, and a thermostat, for automatic operation. I had one next to my water tank to keep the tank and pump warm, along with much of the basement storage while living in the RV in Portland OR one winter.

I could have used propane at $2.75 per gallon, but electric at 10 cents per gallon was less expensive. To get 80,000 Btu's of heat inside the RV, it would take burning 1 gallon of propane (95,000 Btu's X 80% efficiency) or 22 KW of electricity. Electricity is only $2.20 and no tanks to refill. A heat pump only takes about 8 KW to get the same amount of heat, or about $0.80 per 80,000 Btu's.

As for electric heat strip in the noisy rooftop air, they are expensive - $130 plus installation cost, and noisy compared to the quiet fan electric heaters.

For dry camping, I use a silent Olympic Catalytic heater that does not use any 12 volt power. I do need to leave a roof vent open a bit, along with a window. It provides 6,000 Btu's of constant heat, keeping my 30' Bounder warm down to about 30F outside, when I would run the furnace a little bit each hour to keep the basement warm, and blow warm air to the back of the RV.

Have fun camping!

Fred.

Check out the "Vornado" heater with a very nice fan. Sure it is a 1500 watt heater but by design it is quiet, can be digital temp controlled and it is efficient with its fan design. They run about $100. but come with a great warranty and the company is located in Kansas. I had one for some time and then bought another when wintering in Denver. They are a great supplemental heater and far better than the cheap ceramic walmart type heaters.