Bought a new Olympian Wave 6 heater for my 9.5 ft S&S Camper. It isn’t doing very well at all.It was about 45 outside and was 48 in the camper. It took 4 hours to bring the camper temp to 68 on the high setting. This is the second time I have experimented with the heater. Took about the same amount of time when I did it before. Once it hit 68 inside I turned it to medium. It would stay at 68 but not get any warmer.In my latest 3rd test I had the wave 6 on high for 2 days. The temp got down to 30 last night and it was 55 in the camper this morning.I am/was planning to use this to heat my camper this winter……..BUT……I’m thing if it’s doing such a poor job when the temps are in the 30's & 40’s whats going to happen when it gets down to zero?I am at a low elevation, about 400 ft.I am trying to figure out if it’s a bad heater, maybe I am doing something wrong, or it’s just the way they work??? Any ideas would be appreciated.

I've been wanting one of those. Never used one. But plan was to point it at something big and then use a fan to blow that heat off the object and into the air.

At a maximum output of only 6000 btu, it is unlikely that this heater will keep your trailer toasty once winter really sets in. The average RV furnace puts out a minimum of 35,000 btu.

The problem with a small heater trying heat a cold camper is that every part of the camper and everything in the camper takes a lot of heat to warm up before the air can get where you want it. Once the camper is warm, results will probably be more acceptable.

6000 btu's = about 1700 watts. In the worst of the winter I need 7000 watts (peak) or about 24000 btu'sThe wave simply isn't up to the task. And lots of heat goes "out the window" if you have a window and a roof vent open as is required.Add insulation every where you can.

I have used my Vornado at the 1500 watt setting in temps down to about 28-30 degrees and had my furnace set at 65 as back up and the furnace only came on 2 times that night. No CO2 to deal with. Although it's oxygen depletion that is the issue and not CO2 with the Olympian Wave the possibility is there with the combustion not to mention the moisture issue related to combustion also. As for me, I will stick with electric heaters.

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wopachop
Explorer
Oct 06, 2019
I've been wanting one of those. Never used one. But plan was to point it at something big and then use a fan to blow that heat off the object and into the air.
IB853347201
Nomad
Oct 06, 2019
At a maximum output of only 6000 btu, it is unlikely that this heater will keep your trailer toasty once winter really sets in. The average RV furnace puts out a minimum of 35,000 btu.
jkwilson
Explorer II
Oct 06, 2019
The problem with a small heater trying heat a cold camper is that every part of the camper and everything in the camper takes a lot of heat to warm up before the air can get where you want it. Once the camper is warm, results will probably be more acceptable.
pianotuna
Nomad III
Oct 06, 2019
6000 btu's = about 1700 watts. In the worst of the winter I need 7000 watts (peak) or about 24000 btu's

The wave simply isn't up to the task. And lots of heat goes "out the window" if you have a window and a roof vent open as is required.

Add insulation every where you can.
ken56
Explorer
Oct 06, 2019
I have used my Vornado at the 1500 watt setting in temps down to about 28-30 degrees and had my furnace set at 65 as back up and the furnace only came on 2 times that night. No CO2 to deal with. Although it's oxygen depletion that is the issue and not CO2 with the Olympian Wave the possibility is there with the combustion not to mention the moisture issue related to combustion also. As for me, I will stick with electric heaters.
2oldman
Explorer II
Oct 06, 2019
ken56 wrote:
No CO2 to deal with
CO?
pianotuna
Nomad III
Oct 06, 2019
2oldman,

No CO from electric heaters.
mike-uswest
Explorer II
Oct 06, 2019
I have a Wave 8 in my 30 ft. Arctic Fox and was in low 20's temps this last week. With the vents open for fresh air as needed, it was low 60's in the mornings when we got up. That was on medium. That was fine, we were hunting. You can get up and turn on your furnace to warm it up a little bit and get back in bed while warming, then get up. Put the Olympian back on high, and it will keep it up if you want. Low propane use and no electricity for the Olympian.

Mike
MrWizard
Moderator
Oct 07, 2019
We had one in our previous RV a dp
Kit did very well for us, down to around 30° or less, construction of the RV is a big factor, wall and floor thickness etc..
Ours would run is out of here, of left on high during the day
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Oct 07, 2019
All I can say is "CheapHeat"

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