Ceramic heater

It is four years since I purchased them.

They were not cheap but because they don't have internal wires can have holes cut into them (for the dinette table legs). They are intended to be used with a thermostat. I wrote about them in the full time forums under winter camping. I think they have an "underlay" product as well.

There are other heated carpets, too.

dewey02 wrote:


That website is pretty cryptic.
Can you say exactly which product you purchased. There is a link for radiant heat systems, but they all seem to be for gutters, roofs, sidewalks, etc. Is that what you used? Do you put something over the top like a carpet? What size did you get and how much did it cost you. Sorry for all the questions, but this sounds like a pretty neat way to heat floors! Thanks.

Ceramic heater

rockhillmanor wrote:
They all are 1,500 watts and put out the same amount of heat.

While many if not most electric heaters may be labeled as "1500 watts" rarely if ever does any one of them actually draw that much. I have a gaggle of heaters I've collected over the years and power draw on the highest heat setting ranges from ~ 900 watts to a little over 1400 watts, as measured with my Kill-a-Watt meter. The fan on most of them is quite noisy, irritatingly so during the middle of the night, but I have this Bionaire ceramic heater I bought years ago that has a fan that is almost completely silent in operation.



During the colder camping months we use it as our primary source of heat and I set the furnace thermostat to 65F so when exterior temps drop below 40F the furnace kicks in the help support the ceramic heater. The only downside is I've not been able to find a replacement that is just as quiet, should this one ever fail.

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

This is what I chose to use because it has no wires and can be pressure washed if you pick indoor/outdoor type:

http://www.tempurtechmanufacturing.com/

myredracer wrote:

pianotuna wrote:
Hi myredracer,

I solved the cold floors by purchasing electric heated carpets.

Interesting, have you got a link for one?

That website is pretty cryptic.
Can you say exactly which product you purchased. There is a link for radiant heat systems, but they all seem to be for gutters, roofs, sidewalks, etc. Is that what you used? Do you put something over the top like a carpet? What size did you get and how much did it cost you. Sorry for all the questions, but this sounds like a pretty neat way to heat floors! Thanks.

I use 2 cheap electric ones we bought at a garage sale. For one I run a heavy duty cord out through the slide right to the pedestal so it doesnt take away from my 30 amps and I dont need to be so careful then watching the power. The other is usually on low/med and I just plug it in. No need to spend a lot on heaters when I see them all the time at garage sales for a few bucks

Hi,

This is what I chose to use because it has no wires and can be pressure washed if you pick indoor/outdoor type:

http://www.tempurtechmanufacturing.com/

myredracer wrote:

pianotuna wrote:
Hi myredracer,

I solved the cold floors by purchasing electric heated carpets.

Interesting, have you got a link for one?

We have this mounted on the wall in our open front bedroom. It is a Delonghi Micathermic heater. It can be mounted on the wall or on its wheeled stand.


It does not give instant heat like a vornado will, but if you turn it on and let it heat for an hour or two, it will keep a constant temperature. It has an adjustable thermostat and several settings. We generally use it on the lower settings.

It is totally silent and has no fan which is very nice in the bedroom. The unit does not get hot on the wall side, even though it is only about 2 inches thick. We have used this for 3 years now and it works very well for keeping our sleeping area warm.

We have it mounted where our TV would normally mount in the bedroom, and it plugs into the TV 120 volt outlet on the upper wall.

This likely is not sufficient to heat your entire trailer, but it has worked very well for keeping our bedroom comfortable. It is $50 on Amazon, Amazon link but we bought two at an outlet store for $19 each. We've been very pleased with them. I use the other one in my garage at home.

Just another alternative to the usual fan heaters, ceramic heaters, and oil radiator heaters...all of which are also good.

I use two small electric heaters ( both with tip over switches ), on low setting. I like using these on low because I am guessing they might last longer and be safer on low rather than high, but that's just a wild guess.
They run on a dedicated circuit I ran that connects to the CG pedestal 20A outlet, on a 10 gauge extension cord, so they are separate from the trailers normal 30A power cord. The two of them running on low pull right at 13A according to my kill-a-watt device.

At night, I found a full bed electric blanket to be too hot, so I got a electric "throw" at walmart. It is approx half the size of the queen bed, so it's nice in that it just puts heat on my legs and feet. It does an auto off after two or three hours, which works well for me.

I also use the oil type heater easy to store and safe to the touch and you can adjust them for just about any amount of heat you want.

pianotuna wrote:
Hi myredracer,

I solved the cold floors by purchasing electric heated carpets.

Interesting, have you got a link for one?

Thank you for explaining it.:C