Propane Furnace vs. Electric Space Heater
Hi All, I was wondering if I could save money by using space heaters instead of the furnace on the about 7-10 days a month I can't use the heat pumps down here in SC during winter. Which costs les...
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I have become some what of an expert on this subject. We are living in our motor home while our new house is being built. We moved into the motor home in the middle of October. We are in NE North Dakota and the outside temp right now is 7F. We have been down to -14F. We have two 1500 watt Infra Red electric heaters, one at each end of the motor home. Each heater raises the temperature inside the motor home 20F above the outside ambient temperature, so with only electric heat with the outside at 7F we would have 47F inside. We have had problems with the propane heat with below zero temps. We have an external 125 gallon tank connected with an Extend-A-Stay. When it was filled to 80% last, after the 40,000 BTU propane heater ran for awhile the propane liquid to vaporization couldn't keep up with the furnace. We now have enough vapor space in the tank to keep up. I had to temporarily use a smaller tank kept warm in the heated garage to get us by. Also temporarily used a Big Buddy and Portable Buddy with 1# bottles to get us through the tank changes.
So to sum it up, if you get down to 40F, one heater would keep the RV at 60F and two could keep it at 80F.
I also put electric heaters in the water, sewer and water heater bays. I put a small Lasko 200 watt personal electric heater near the dining room table where we sit.
So to sum it up, if you get down to 40F, one heater would keep the RV at 60F and two could keep it at 80F.
I also put electric heaters in the water, sewer and water heater bays. I put a small Lasko 200 watt personal electric heater near the dining room table where we sit.
