Adding electric heat to coleman Mach3+
Any one ever added electric heat to there rooftop unit? curious as a option to heat up the camper a bit with out the need of gas. Just curious if anyone uses it and the results.
Forum Discussion
DownTheAvenue wrote:
Why not just buy a $20 portable heater and be done with it. The ceramic heaters put out significant heat for their size and installation amounts to just plugging it in!
Well as stated many times before safety! My dad was a Firefighter and saw way too many fires started by portable electric heaters. Yes most have good safety systems, but they still have a greater fire possibility than you furnace using gas or electric. Second is space, small ceramic heaters don’t take a ton of space, but you also have the operating space around them. Many use the oil filled units, which take a good size foot print, even in our 32’ 5er we don’t have that space to spare. Yes the Cheap Heat adds 6” to the length of the the furnace which could not work for all. My install actually added 9” to the length as it is under the sink peninsula and the heating element wiring box ended up behind a cabinet panel, I added a 3” duct extension to the furnace to access to the wiring box.
I am one to admit that the Cheap Heat unit and install is not cheap, but the unit is UL labeled and installed correctly all wiring is correctly sized for the draw place on it. Which makes it far safer than portables.
Cost of operations should be the same as using portables or maybe slightly less based on thermostatic control of the heat.
