I have an 2012 Adventurer that i recently bought, and it has a Dometic Penguin A/C in it. It has a place on the switch to use a heat strip but there is not one in it. Would it be worthwhile to put the heat strip in? Do these do much good? We now carry a small electric heater that we could leave at home.

heat strip puts out 5,000 BTU, the same as most space heaters. Some like them, others dont. Had them in our previous coach and they worked will. It does take them a while to warm the coach. We did exactly that. Replaced those PITA space heaters.

Hi,I enjoy using a heat strip if there is a lot of ambient noise that I wish to cover up. Do not expect miracles as 5000 btu's is not very much heat.

We used ours a couple of nights Easter weekend when we had shore power. I actually had to turn it down because it was getting too warm in the camper. Outside temps were in the 30s.Mike

I had the heat strip in a previous 5th wheel and it was good for keeping the chill off the air, but not so good at warming up a really cold area. Sometimes I would turn on the furnace, bring to temps, then turn on the strip and it worked well.

The electric heater kit might cost around $100 and if you can not install it yourself, then another $100 to install. I can take along a lot more quiet electric heaters, and run them where I need the heat at about 1/4 the noise, for about 1/10 the price!I would never want a electric heater powered by my noisy A/C fan.Fred.

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robsouth
Explorer II
Apr 20, 2015
I had the heat strip in a previous 5th wheel and it was good for keeping the chill off the air, but not so good at warming up a really cold area. Sometimes I would turn on the furnace, bring to temps, then turn on the strip and it worked well.
Bubtoofat
Explorer
Apr 20, 2015
We used ours a couple of nights Easter weekend when we had shore power. I actually had to turn it down because it was getting too warm in the camper. Outside temps were in the 30s.
Mike
pianotuna
Nomad III
Apr 20, 2015
Hi,

I enjoy using a heat strip if there is a lot of ambient noise that I wish to cover up. Do not expect miracles as 5000 btu's is not very much heat.
harold1946
Explorer
Apr 20, 2015
heat strip puts out 5,000 BTU, the same as most space heaters. Some like them, others dont. Had them in our previous coach and they worked will. It does take them a while to warm the coach.
We did exactly that. Replaced those PITA space heaters.

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