winter camping advice
Hello, We need to use a camper in northern Michigan over this winter while we build our home. We are trying to buy an "artic" version and likely wont use the water lines (I'll have jugs of water for f...
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theoldwizard1 wrote:
Oil fill electric heaters (probably need at least 2) will be the most comfortable, but where are you going to get the electricity from.
Where is the gray and black water going to go ? It will likely freeze in the outlet hose.
Space heaters that plug into a wall outlet are limited to 1800 watts - that's all the power a 15 amp wall outlet is capable of supplying.
1800 watts is only 6100 btus of heat.
In order to equal the amount of heat produced by just one 25,000 btu propane RV furnace, you would need to run 4 electric space heaters.
You would need 7200 watts of electrical power, just to run your 4 space heaters.
Aside from problems keeping your sewer system from freezing, you would also have to store your water jugs indoors to keep them from freezing.
You're going to need a lot of jugs, unless you plan on refilling them every day.
