Electric heating options when on shore power?
NOOB heating question... What are the electric heating options when on shore power? Our HTT has propane heat, but when it is cold (as it was this past weekend), it can run A LOT. Seems like an easy...
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Yes to electric heaters. Others have covered most of the details quite well. I use an inexpensive basic heater from time to time, both for warming and as a load for exercising the generator in seasons when running the air conditioner as a load is inappropriate or impossible.
Do check that the plug isn't getting warm after a minute or so of operation. Some RV outlets tend to make rather poor connections with the plug or with the AC wiring, and heavy loads (like an electric heater) will cause poor connections to heat up...sometimes dangerously. From that point of view, having two heaters on low would be preferable to one on high, even though the heat output is usually about the same.
Do check that the plug isn't getting warm after a minute or so of operation. Some RV outlets tend to make rather poor connections with the plug or with the AC wiring, and heavy loads (like an electric heater) will cause poor connections to heat up...sometimes dangerously. From that point of view, having two heaters on low would be preferable to one on high, even though the heat output is usually about the same.
