Urgent help, heater failed
Hey all, we are using our trailer for Thanksgiving weekend and when we set up, the heater runs for a few seconds and stops. We have full hookups so we have electric heaters keeping us warm, but any...
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wa8yxm wrote:
However I do not like 1500 watt heaters on RV type outelts save for the washer/dryer outlet if so equipped.. Figure out a 12 gauge way to power them (I installed additional outlets that are of higher quality).
wa8yxm makes a good point! However, at a minimum kill the power and pull the outlet out of the wall to check to see if they used the screw terminals or the push-in type AKA back stab. If they used the back stab see if you can rewire to use the screw terminals. It's a better, solid connection. The stabs are only held in with a small spring - I don't recommend those for powering anything like a space heater. I did this to each of the outlets in my RV, didn't take long and I feel safer.
