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rvgrammady
Explorer
Oct 25, 2013

Portable Heater ..elect (watts/amps) big buddy or catalitic?

This probably should be in a couple of posts but I think it may all be relivant. 07 Allegro Bay 35' chevy... brand new LCD 32" Samsung TV & Dish 211K reciever, sometimes Sony Blue Ray player. I hav...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Oct 26, 2013
Hi Steve,

Unfortunately many RV's have plugs that don't have proper electric boxes behind them, so retro fitting is a bit more of a challenge. It is definitely worth doing.

SteveAE wrote:
you might want to replace the ones that would have the heater connected, with a regular household units (about $1.00 each) from Home Depot (or similar). This is something you can do yourself, just make sure to disconnect all electrical power and keep the wires to the same terminals on the new outlet as the original ones.

Steve

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