RV LP Furnace Efficiency?

RGar974417 wrote:
If you're in a campground with electric hookup,electric heat is cheaper because the campground is paying for it LOL. Which one will be cheaper depends on the cost of propane and the cost of electricity.Here's a good article to figure it out: http://homeguides.sfgate.com/cheaper-use-propane-gas-electricity-home-101763.html

If I read it correctly, the OP has a METERED SITE.

There is no way that paying for electric heat on a metered site is going to any cheaper.

I know from personal experience that electric resistive heating is much more expensive than propane or natural gas.

Years ago, my DWs uncle had a mobile home that was heated exclusively with an electric resistive furnace. His AVERAGE electric bill was over $500 per month and that was on a "payment plan" deal..

DWs parents had a mobile home 50ft away and used heating oil, their electric bill was $100 per month and the heating oil cost $125 per month on the yearly payment plan.

A Church I used to go to had an electric resistive hydronic heating system, cost $4,000 per month for electric on a yearly payment plan..

Eventually they replaced the electric boiler with a gas fired boiler..

Result was $1,000 electric bills and $1,000 gas bills..

Like mentioned before, the ONLY way electric heating can be made "affordable" is to go with a HEAT PUMP. The big downside to a heatpump is the EXPENSE, they are insanely priced.

The other downside to heat pumps are that they can be unreliable due to the reversing valves that can fail.. Often results in REPLACING the heat pump due to either parts not available or the cost to repair is nearly the cost of new..

Have a Cousin with heat pump system for their home, they average 5-8 yrs on a heat pump then it fails.. The last time it failed, it cost them nearly $6,000 for a new one since the valve that failed was no longer available..

OPs best bet is to either find a campground which does not meter the electricity or look into 100 lb propane tanks which will be much lower cost to refill due to propane being cheaper in bulk quantities..

The OP didn't say what temp they are trying to stay at but, they can lower the temp then use sweaters, add a extra layer by wearing two pairs of socks and so on..

If they are trying to keep a RV at say 70 F when outdoor temp is say 30 F they can save huge amounts of cost by lowering the temp to say 60F..

It isn't insulated like a sticks and bricks so you cannot expect it to be low cost to heat..

Night time they can add electric blanket or heated bed pad and lower the thermostat a bit more..

I don't like cold, so I don't bother with cold weather camping, just way to much work and expense for me.. I would rather stay home and toss a few extra logs in my wood furnace and watch the cars sliding on the ice and snow from my home windows..