Electrical Help pls
Hi! I bought a 250 Watt Electric Heater to stave off the chill at night (the tag says it uses 2.1A). We have solar panels to charge our 200A battery (I don't think that matters, but just in case). ...
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OP, give yourself credit - you are understanding the AC to DC conversion thing and that you need the current * voltage to provide the watts! Also the reality that while electric heat is efficient, it is not practical in a small portable battery system.
I kind of went on a similar path when I first started using our camper. After installing solar and upgrading battery capacity I figured I should use it to operate a 12V heater to take the edge off at times. But I quickly abandoned it and tossed it into the bottom of the camper gadget pile. So recognize that even a 12V heater that eliminates the need for an inverter at all will still not be great if you are using the stock 12V plug in the camper. In my camper I have another 12V plug that I wired in using some relatively large wire (8 gauge I think?) and it makes a huge difference on how that little heater performs. It can run when plugged into the stock 12V plug, although it barely produces heat. When I run it plugged into my fat-wired 12V plug it puts out pretty good heat. But it isn't warming a room up. Of course it is only a 150 watt heater/DEFROSTER and defrosting a windshield sounds realistic.
https://www.macys.com/shop/product/wagan-12-volt-car-heater-defroster?ID=10421642&pla_country=US&CAGPSPN=pla&cm_mmc=Connexity_PLA-_-n-_-n-_-n&m_sc=sem&m_sb=connexity&m_tp=PLA&CAWELAID=120156340009470470&m_ac=Connexity_pla&m_cn=n&cnxclid=16558304238181453857810070302008005
I kind of went on a similar path when I first started using our camper. After installing solar and upgrading battery capacity I figured I should use it to operate a 12V heater to take the edge off at times. But I quickly abandoned it and tossed it into the bottom of the camper gadget pile. So recognize that even a 12V heater that eliminates the need for an inverter at all will still not be great if you are using the stock 12V plug in the camper. In my camper I have another 12V plug that I wired in using some relatively large wire (8 gauge I think?) and it makes a huge difference on how that little heater performs. It can run when plugged into the stock 12V plug, although it barely produces heat. When I run it plugged into my fat-wired 12V plug it puts out pretty good heat. But it isn't warming a room up. Of course it is only a 150 watt heater/DEFROSTER and defrosting a windshield sounds realistic.
https://www.macys.com/shop/product/wagan-12-volt-car-heater-defroster?ID=10421642&pla_country=US&CAGPSPN=pla&cm_mmc=Connexity_PLA-_-n-_-n-_-n&m_sc=sem&m_sb=connexity&m_tp=PLA&CAWELAID=120156340009470470&m_ac=Connexity_pla&m_cn=n&cnxclid=16558304238181453857810070302008005
