Electric space heaters
Just curious if anyone has a good safe electric heater to use to heat a 30' fifth wheel overnight? Would like to supplement the propane furnace on colder nights. Thanks, Curly
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Bert the Welder wrote:
I'm interested in what type of heater you guys are running that has heated/melted your extension cords? Or what gauge cords you're using?
As for the OP. I look at my best bet being on a "bigger" name in the game as being "safer". Though I have little more than faith in that thinking. Howell, Sunbeam, Noma, Panasonic. Dyson if you like paying triple for the Gucci factor.
The overheating is not generally directly due to the heater load, but to poor connections with extension cords and plug strips, and the internal connections in the plug strips. Those connectors create hot points.
I've never found the wiring, plug, or outlet to be hot, during or after using a heater. Like I said, I just use the inexpensive little cube heaters. They are generally 1500 watts, which translates to 13.6 amps at 110V. So your circuit needs to be capable of handling that.
The only time I've ever tripped a breaker in a RV was when a heater kicked on while I was using a hairdryer. No big deal, unplug the heater and reset the breaker.
