What space heater do you have?

We were fortunate that the 5er we bought from some friends had an electric fireplace, and we use it a good bit to take the morning chill off. We also have an Eden Pure heater we use in the stick and brick and we can use that also. Both of these pretty much require us to be connected to shore power. I don't know what the wattage is of either one.

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

Watts don't care what type of heater they are powering--and they are all the same total heat. However, radiant heaters warm what they are pointed at first--and then the heat from the warmed object radiates to the room.

Wrong. Those same watts powering a heat pump will put out almost twice the BTU's of heat than the best radiant heater. Radiant heat is not very efficient when compared to other methods of producing heat. Here is a link. Heat pump See if you can find ANY radiant heater that can put out 9500 btu's of heat, and blow it throughout the coach with only 950 watts/8.18 amps.
1500 watts of radiant heat will generate ONLY 5200 btu's of heat.
If you need the maximum amount of heat for the minimum amount of wattage, use a heat pump. If you have plenty of power available and are concerned about cost, use the radiant heaters.

Hi rockhill,

Did you try a radiant heater?

Fan based heaters warm the air and are a forced convection system.

Oil filled heaters also warm the air--but rely on convection only, so they are a slow even heat. Accent on SLOW!

Some folks get created and put a fan next to their oil filled heaters. I've not found it necessary to do so, but I do have 3 ~460 watt oil filled heaters.

My latest heating acquisition is 120 volt electrically heated "magic carpets". They are the cat's meow for warming up the floors.

I got mine from Tempurtech

They can be cut as they do not have wires. I chose to get the indoor/outdoor version as they can be pressure washed.

I know watts are watts but when I found myself in Florida in unexpected 28 degree temps in a MH......it was the ceramic heater that kept me warm not my oil filled heater.

I'm sure that's a question for Bill Nye the Science Guy as to why.

Hi,

Watts don't care what type of heater they are powering--and they are all the same total heat. However, radiant heaters warm what they are pointed at first--and then the heat from the warmed object radiates to the room.

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

I decided to check my various heaters for surface temperatures. Measurements were take with a "point and shoot" temperature "gun". Here are the results:

85 C oil filled (very safe)
135 C small fan type heater
237 C radiant heater (the actual glowing bar)

Which one to I use most? Oil filled. Which one do I enjoy having pointed at me the most? The radiant, but I will not use it unless I am in the room.

The oil filled will have a larger surface area and the radiant is completely directional. If the first two are rated at the same wattage, they should put out the same amount of total heat. I'm not up on radiant heaters but it should be the same situation I believe...

Hi,

I decided to check my various heaters for surface temperatures. Measurements were take with a "point and shoot" temperature "gun". Here are the results:

85 C oil filled (very safe)
135 C small fan type heater
237 C radiant heater (the actual glowing bar)

Which one to I use most? Oil filled. Which one do I enjoy having pointed at me the most? The radiant, but I will not use it unless I am in the room.

J-Rooster wrote:
A Presto Heat Disc that I bought from Costco! I haven't used it since I've been coming to Arizona 4 years ago.

what do u heat your MH with then? just the LPG furnace? or heat pumps?
when your in Arizona

I am currently running two of these little Patton heaters from Walmart. They are sturdy and also have the tipover feature (bought my last one on Sept 2013) http://mobile.walmart.com/#ip/Patton-Electric-Utility-Heater-PUH680-WM1/17808701 Now my friends have a 40 ft self converted bus and they run these same heaters. For their Christmas present to esch other they installed an LP gas fireplace (no it does not make so much as a bleep on their co/lp detector which is sitting within inches of the unit) http://m.homedepot.com/p/ProCom-29-in-Vent-Free-Dual-Fuel-Firebox-Insert-FBD28T/203526645/ I love the way this thing heats up their bus. They say they need to get a blower for it. I just love the way it heats and looks. I gotts to get me one (and will) when I build my own skoolie conversion.

We bought an oil-filled radiator type heater. Works very well and is very
safe. Have some friends that have 2-one for the bedroom and one for the
living/dining area.