Coleman PUP no heater.

If your concerned about the outlet ratings for your camper just run a heavy enough extension cord directly from the heater to the campgrounds power pedestal.

I camped in a 1988 Coleman Sequia for over 10 years. We camped late in the Fall, early in the spring. Many, many nights of below freezing temps. Only used a small electric ceramic heater. the trick is to run an extension cord out the canvas, usually under one of the bunks directly to the electric post. A good sleeping bag and warm partner is all we needed.

Yes I am definitely leaning toward the electric that very reason. I don't know what the outlets in mine are rated for being that it is an older camper but I would imagine it would be listed somewhere on the camper.

Friends of ours just got a small (8-foot) pop-up. Their first time out was this past weekend. Temps got down to the high-30s at night. They had this heater:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00VV156LA/ref=pd_sbs_201_2?ie=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00VV156LA&pd_rd_r=4KXSGHY7G178DEBH5HTS&pd_rd_w=i28rN&pd_rd_wg=H480e&psc=1&refRID=4KXSGHY7G178DEBH5HTS

I was shocked at how warm it was in there! If you'll be camping with hookups, electric is the way to go (use the campgrounds power, not your expensive propane).

RoyB I cant see the image you posted. Could you post a link to a picture of it. I think I know what you are talking about as far as the system goes. I had not though of something like that.

My 2008 OFF-ROAD RT14 POPUP has the big propane furnace in it. It puts out too much heat for my small floorplan and very seldom gets used. It is also very loud and will most definitely run us out of the trailer...

I started to do one of those water heater hydronic heat radiators but never got it finished... Ordered most of the parts to build it up but never went anywhere with it. I think this would be perfect for us for heat. Since it is a closed hot water loop I don't think it would be hard to keep the hot water up with the propane fuel.

Would look something like this


I use the MR Buddy heater most of the time when we are awake... When we go to sleep we have enough covers to not need any propane heat...

I did do alot of closing up air gap holes around the trailer and tent beds ...

Roy Ken

I have been think of both of those options. I'm leaning more toward the electric portion of this but the only problem I'm afraid of running into is the fact of the load it would put on the electrical system.

My wife & I (and our Chihuahua) have had very good luck with the "Mr. Heater Little Buddy" base camp propane heater. It's a ceramic-type heater safe for indoor use that screws directly onto the top of a standard 1-lb propane bottle, and works like a charm. It burns about 6 hours on a full tank.

Here's a link to Cabela's, but we bought ours for considerably less at WalMart.

Mr. Heater Base Camp Heater

A small electric heater will heat the whole RV. Add heated mattress covers or electric blanket to make it real cozy.