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
The best thing to do is to "coat" the interior surface of the RV with warm air. One way to do that is to use radiant heaters--the type that glow cherry red. They heat the item they are pointed at--and that item re radiates warming the air. They are good at thawing out frozen water pipes.
The draw back to the medium wave infrared is that it can burn the item it is pointed at.
Oil filled heaters do not share that risk. However, they are slow in response and rely on convection currents to warm the interior of the RV. They are about the safest one can find. I like them best because I can turn one off when I cook electrically--and the heat from it will "coast" for a time. Then when I've finished cooking, I turn it back on. At least one of our long term members "cheats" and puts a small fan on to blow on the oil filled units.
Fan heaters warm the air but do not rely on convection. Hot spots are possible so do follow the directions carefully.
No matter what type of heater is being used--be careful!
I hope we are all staying warm in this latest cold snap.
The draw back to the medium wave infrared is that it can burn the item it is pointed at.
Oil filled heaters do not share that risk. However, they are slow in response and rely on convection currents to warm the interior of the RV. They are about the safest one can find. I like them best because I can turn one off when I cook electrically--and the heat from it will "coast" for a time. Then when I've finished cooking, I turn it back on. At least one of our long term members "cheats" and puts a small fan on to blow on the oil filled units.
Fan heaters warm the air but do not rely on convection. Hot spots are possible so do follow the directions carefully.
No matter what type of heater is being used--be careful!
I hope we are all staying warm in this latest cold snap.
