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obiwancanoli
Explorer
Sep 25, 2020

Dry Camping - Heat with Propane, or electrically w/Inverter?

I've been doing a lot of research on beefing up my electrical system, and next week, should have had a Voltmeter, MPPT Controller, and 4 Battle Born Lithium batteries installed. Likely future addition...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Sep 25, 2020
I don't know what you mean by heat 'electrically', I guess that means a space heater? No, your batteries won't like that, but your furnace would be fine.

A mattress heating pad will keep you nice and comfy all night on batteries. They use very little power.

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