Electric Heater Question
Tomorrow I'm trading my 2013 Apex 268 for a 2014 Arctic Fox 25p. I'm so stoked. Wife and I want to do winter camping. The question is I'm looking at supplementing the regular heat with an electric hea...
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Probably way more complicated than you'd possibly want to do, but if you installed a dedicated receptacle for the heater, you could load shed the heater with a CR Magnetics (or similar) current sensing relay like in the pic below. Simple and inexpensive.
They have various models and ratings and have an adjustable sensing range. I just ordered one for our 30 amp TT and am installing 3 permanently mounted recessed heaters totaling 1750 watts (each in a separate room). Just install the relay somewhere near the panel, run the hot leg of the 30 amp service through the "donut" and set it in the 15-30 amp range. This way, if you plug in a heavy draw appliance, the heater(s) will automatically be disconnected and prevent the 30 amp main from tripping. No need to worry about losing heating while the heater(s) remain off either because of the duration an appliance would be running plus they generate heat into the space anyway.
They have various models and ratings and have an adjustable sensing range. I just ordered one for our 30 amp TT and am installing 3 permanently mounted recessed heaters totaling 1750 watts (each in a separate room). Just install the relay somewhere near the panel, run the hot leg of the 30 amp service through the "donut" and set it in the 15-30 amp range. This way, if you plug in a heavy draw appliance, the heater(s) will automatically be disconnected and prevent the 30 amp main from tripping. No need to worry about losing heating while the heater(s) remain off either because of the duration an appliance would be running plus they generate heat into the space anyway.
