Heater?

Would probably work ok, but rather costly. Good ceramic heaters can be purchased at Wall Mart for a lot less?

This review/test by an independent group might interest you.

How big of an area are you trying to heat? Its pricey for the wattage so there are other factors to consider before I would pay that much. Dont pay attention to the energy efficient/low energy use statements. When you heat with electric you retain all of the energy you are paying for. Its only called low energy use because its putting out a low amount of energy.

We were GIVEN one of those AMISH type heaters (brown box with quartz heater inside that doesn't get warm on the outside). We use that in our 5'er and it keeps it really warm without the dreaded condensation that you get with lots of other heaters.

425 watts is not much heat. High efficiency doesn't mean much, all electric heaters are 100% efficient, no energy is wasted.

19' travel trailer, non-hybrid, no slide outs.

I have a few smaller heaters, ceramic box, parabolic reflector, and forced air. Concerns are
* something falling on it during the night and either overheating or shutting down
* fan noise
* current draw (1500 watts will draw 1500/120 = 12.5 amps, a pretty big draw on a 20A pole if there's anything else running (water heater, fridge, lights, battery charger, etc.)

Yes, I understand the "efficiency" as there's no such thing as a free lunch (first law of thermodynamics).

rjxj wrote:
How big of an area are you trying to heat? Its pricey for the wattage so there are other factors to consider before I would pay that much. Dont pay attention to the energy efficient/low energy use statements. When you heat with electric you retain all of the energy you are paying for. Its only called low energy use because its putting out a low amount of energy.

We use a freestanding electric fireplace that is 1500 watts and it will heat our 36' Class A quite nicely without using the propane heaters.
It is better at maintaining temperature rather than raising it from a cold start.

$140 for a 425 watt heater, when I can get 750/1500 watt units for less than $50?
And, it does not have a fan?
Thanks, but no thanks!

We have a 750 / 1,500 watt ceramic box heater that's mounted under the cabinets above the dinette. Space is at a premium in a 24' m/h too. We use it move the air around in the summer too.

It's so quiet I can't hear it running unless I really concentrate.

$139.95 heater at 425 watts = 1,450 BTU at $.10 per BTU purchase cost

$20 generic electric heater at 1,500 watts = 5,118 BTU at $.004 per BTU purchase cost

Both will cost the same per BTU to operate since both are virtually 100% efficient.

Major issue is the panel heater costs seven times as much and puts out less than 1/3 the heat.