What space heater do you have?
What space heater do you recommend and why? On the days where ya rig needs a little extra heat, what have you guys bought to take care of it? I'm in the market.
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camper19709 wrote:
Any ceramic cube heater from Walmart with thermostat and tip over safety switch.
I've been using ceramic space heaters exclusively in my MH for over 10 years now. I think they heat the best and were the safest.
Just a note of warning.
In the past ALL of the ceramic heaters had tip over switches.
I just went to buy a new one and found out that 99% of them on the shelf now do NOT have tip over switches anymore.
The new safety feature is that when they tip over they will shut off AFTER it reaches a certain temperature which is right at when it CATCHES FIRE. IMHO certainly not acceptable in a MH.
I checked out the UL site for clarification. And yes UL approved the new change. Eliminating the tip over switch function was to keep costs down and more profit for the manufacturer and they went to UL to get it changed. And sadly UL complied with their request.
So read the label carefully on you heaters to see if the safety feature is a 'tip over switch' or not. I could not find one of the new tower ceramic heaters WITH a tip over switch.:(
