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Spade_Cooley
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Feb 19, 2020

Fireplace in TV, Do they work?

One more question. I have a Rockport TT on order and it comes with a fireplace. I suspect it is just an electric heater. If you have experience with this type of unit, does it supply heat to the trailer? Does it replace the usual small electric heater? Do they use a lot of power?
  • rk911 wrote:
    1500-watt, not 5100-watt. down to about 48-deg our electric fireplace plus our electric mattress pad is all the heat we need.

    It's probably 5100 BTU's. That is about the normal output for a 1500 watt heater.
  • wildtoad wrote:
    ford truck guy wrote:
    They are basically a 5100 watt electric heater that you do not have to get out, set on a hard surface and plug in...


    You sure about that wattage? :?


    the only thing I am sure of is that I am dyslexic sometimes !

    .. should be 1500 . . post corrected...
  • If you only have 30 amp service you’ll need to watch whatever else you use. But no different with other electric devices.
  • ford truck guy wrote:
    They are basically a 5100 watt electric heater that you do not have to get out, set on a hard surface and plug in...


    You sure about that wattage? :?
  • ford truck guy wrote:
    Lots of discussions on this, you will find that most that have it, like it.. and most that don't have one, say they do not work.

    We have one in our fifth wheel, and my bro in law in his TT and we both think they work well.

    They are basically a 5100 watt electric heater that you do not have to get out, set on a hard surface and plug in...

    1500-watt, not 5100-watt. down to about 48-deg our electric fireplace plus our electric mattress pad is all the heat we need.
  • Lots of discussions on this, you will find that most that have it, like it.. and most that don't have one, say they do not work.

    We have one in our fifth wheel, and my bro in law in his TT and we both think they work well.

    They are basically a 1500 watt electric heater that you do not have to get out, set on a hard surface and plug in...
  • We have one in ours (actually I added it as it did not come with one) and it does put out a fair amount of heat. I think ours is 1200 watt. DW likes to back up to it on cool mornings.