Domestic 57915 heat strip question

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We have a 2018  forest river wildwood with a 13,500 btu  ac.   We live in southeastern north caroilina.    Winters are mild.  I've tested our gas heat and it works great.   My question has anyone installed heat strips for the dometic  unit?   I have a 30amp hookup on our carport that I use to charge batteries and run ac when temps are hot to stage our TT couple days before camping.   Wondering if heat strips would help keep things warm when TT is parked at home because we plan on camping during winter and thinking ahead.

marcsbigfoot20b · Answer

Mine puts out lukewarm air. It’s just to take the edge off not to heat the trailer......just my opinion.

pianotuna · Answer

Hi,The heatstrip does about 5400 btu's. Make sure there is not much voltage drop.

combyy · Answer

If your going to use a heat strip, make sure your extension cord or wiring to the 57915 is heavy enough. A 5400 btu heat strip will pull approximately 12 to 13 amps @ 125vac, or approx 1600 watts of power. If your cord wire gauge is to small or to long there will be a significant voltage drop and the wiring will get hot. Yes, it should take the chill out of the TT. On cold windy days it may run a good number of hours out of the day causing a big electric bill. Hope that helps.

sgfrye · Answer

thanks guys.. good information.  thinking its not worth it.

afidel · Answer

pianotuna wrote:Hi,The heatstrip does about 5400 btu's. Make sure there is not much voltage drop.That's actually pretty good, we use a 1,500W (~5k BTU) ceramic heater and down to about freezing it's more than enough, in fact the first one I bought had a broken thermostat and we woke up to the trailer at 92F with an outside temp of 38.

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