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Ryderguy69
Explorer
Jan 21, 2018

New RVer, does heater need both gas and electric?

Hello all, not only am I new to this forum but I am a new RV owner. Just purchased a 2007 eclipse attitude 26fsak. I have a few general questions on the utilities. How do the all work in conjunctio...
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bikendan
Explorer
Jan 21, 2018
Suggest you go to some websites that discuss the two separate RV electrical systems and read through them.
12v DC and 110v AC are the two systems.

The 12 Volt Side of Life is one of them.

As was said, the furnace uses propane to produce heat and 12v battery power to ignite the propane. the furnace is the biggest eater of 12v battery power.

There is no electric heat, unless your a/c has heat pump/strip, which would require shore power or generator to run.

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