Electrically Heating TT Underbelly
Has anyone made or found a way to electrically heat the enclosed underbelly of a travel trailer? We just finished a trip to Ruidoso during which the temperatures were below freezing for much of it, do...
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A couple of guys I know are using the HYDRONIC method of using the 6-gallon hot water heater to route hot water to heat exchangers for the tanks and pass-thru storage areas using this heat concept...
SMKETTNER is doing something like this as well for his under belly tanks...
Another guy on the JAYCO FORUM did the same idea to replace his Propane Furnace and his install looks like this.
I have been thinking about doing something like this mod configuration for my OFF-ROAD POPUP.
I would use the AQUA HOT 100 or 200 model for my heat exchanger which has built-in axial fans. This heat exchanger would fit in the original propane furnace hole in my cabinets.
You could add separate heat zones by just routing more PEX water lines to different areas you want to heat up.
One of our Canada friends on here uses this idea to heat the floors of his bath room using special floor tiles. You can run different heat zones around the trailer walls using this type of heat exchanger
The theory is the hot water heater will use less propane to keep the hot water flowing in a closed loop. Obviously this is alot less heat being produced as compared to the propane furnaces. My furnace runs us out of the small floorplan of my off-road POPUP anyway. It is hard for us to maintain a even temperature.
Also the 12VDC AXIAL fans run much quieter than the 12VDC Propane Furnace loud fan. My furnace fan does the very loud GRRRRRR noise. wakes me up every time it kicks in...
Just showing a couple of different ideas you may want to look into. For smaller trailers I really think this method of heating has some merit...
Roy Ken
SMKETTNER is doing something like this as well for his under belly tanks...
Another guy on the JAYCO FORUM did the same idea to replace his Propane Furnace and his install looks like this.
I have been thinking about doing something like this mod configuration for my OFF-ROAD POPUP.
I would use the AQUA HOT 100 or 200 model for my heat exchanger which has built-in axial fans. This heat exchanger would fit in the original propane furnace hole in my cabinets.
You could add separate heat zones by just routing more PEX water lines to different areas you want to heat up.
One of our Canada friends on here uses this idea to heat the floors of his bath room using special floor tiles. You can run different heat zones around the trailer walls using this type of heat exchanger
The theory is the hot water heater will use less propane to keep the hot water flowing in a closed loop. Obviously this is alot less heat being produced as compared to the propane furnaces. My furnace runs us out of the small floorplan of my off-road POPUP anyway. It is hard for us to maintain a even temperature.
Also the 12VDC AXIAL fans run much quieter than the 12VDC Propane Furnace loud fan. My furnace fan does the very loud GRRRRRR noise. wakes me up every time it kicks in...
Just showing a couple of different ideas you may want to look into. For smaller trailers I really think this method of heating has some merit...
Roy Ken
