winter travel
can you run your heat while on the road in winter?
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I thought warming up the trailer was all part of the setting up experience? :B
It should be safe to run the furnace while travelling. There may be air issues because of vent configurations but the furnace will shut off in that case.
For me, a 1200W electric furnace will warm the inside air from 30f to 80f in less than 1/2 hour. My propane heater with auxiliary disbursement fans is faster. It does take a few hours to warm all the mass inside to comfortable temps so I could understand a pre-heat or operating the furnace while underway.
One project I'm looking at is using hydronic heat. I could be using excess solar power, use a solar heater, run it off the RV's water heater, or a combination. I have a steel water tank under a dinette seat and it takes a lot of heat to bring it up to room temp.
It should be safe to run the furnace while travelling. There may be air issues because of vent configurations but the furnace will shut off in that case.
For me, a 1200W electric furnace will warm the inside air from 30f to 80f in less than 1/2 hour. My propane heater with auxiliary disbursement fans is faster. It does take a few hours to warm all the mass inside to comfortable temps so I could understand a pre-heat or operating the furnace while underway.
One project I'm looking at is using hydronic heat. I could be using excess solar power, use a solar heater, run it off the RV's water heater, or a combination. I have a steel water tank under a dinette seat and it takes a lot of heat to bring it up to room temp.
