Heater?

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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