Electric space heaters

X2 ,a fan realy helps just set on low .

quote wrote:
Frost in the corners mattress frozen to the overhead.

ventilate. crack a roof vent or window, use a battery operated fan to circulate air if boondocking.

Electric heat is 100% efficient, and 1500 Watts is 1500 Watts. Anything else is just fancy overpriced packaging. The little $20 ceramic cube heater produces the exact same amount of heat as the $300 Amish hand-crafted wooden heaters, or the $100 things that look like radiators.

Each 1500W heater draws about 14 Amps, so you will be overloading a 30A RV circuit trying to run two of them, along with charging batteries, running the furnace, etc.. Forget plugging them both into the same outlet, you'll blow the camper's internal breaker on that circuit.

20C is 68F! Pretty balmy considering you're in a box with the insulation R-value of a shopping bag, and it's -40C/-40F outside!

All you need is a fan to circulate that bubble of warm air around the camper.

eHoefler wrote:
We have found the oil filled radiators work the best. Have wintered in our 40' fifth wheel with out using the furnace. .

I've always recommended these radiators but this is for a TC. now there is a small one available but not too powerful.
bumpy

For really cold weather the propane furnace is the primary heat. You can supplement a bit with an electric heater but the electical system puts a limit on how much you can provide.

We've been down to -15C and able to hold 20C inside.

We have found the oil filled radiators work the best. Have wintered in our 40' fifth wheel with out using the furnace. Had 2 in the living room and one small ceramic in the basement on a thermostat set at 50*. While we did not experience the temps you did, we did see 7* with a -22 wind chill.

if you want intense heat aimed at you, and no not the wife, one of those parabolic dishes will warm you up. won't warm up an area like the others however.
bumpy

A winter skier also. We use ceramic electric ones, one in the camper living area, a 700 watt car warmer in the water tank area and another in the dump valve area. We use the full water system most of the time but have frozen up without power. We also have a wave3 propane, a must to boondock.

I like the old fashion milk house heater. My wife works as a pretty good heater as well!