LP Heater Questions!

greenrvgreen wrote:
Thinking about my next TT. I am all-electric now, but I think I will introduce a propane system into the mix with the next TT.

MY QUESTIONS:

1. I am researching humidity with LP heaters (I want it as DRY as possible). It appears that the humidity issue is with the add-on "ventless" catalytic heaters. Can I depend on the standard built-in LP heaters to give me DRY heat (like electric)? I want bone dry, skin-cracking DRY! Will LP heaters do this?

2. According to the internet, a standard 1500 watt heater puts out ~5600 btu's of heat when on high. That is all the heat I will ever need--I usually use 1/2 of that. Does that 5600 btu figure apply directly to LP heaters, which are typically 25,000 btu's? If so that is WAY too much heat!

3. The smallest built-in replacement built-in LP heater I can find is 12k. Is there a method for maybe re-jetting these things so I can get the heater down into the 8k btu range? If it's freezing outside I like the cabin at 60 degrees max. And I don't like thermostatc cycling! What I wnt is a low-power heater that doesn't use a lot of LP!

Thanks!

Stick with electric heating

LP heat is only as dry as the air in your RV is.......inside air recirculates thru LP Furnace heat exchanger

Propane exhaust is wet but that is outside and doesn't affect the air inside

12K is smallest .....and they ALL are 12V DC power hogs