heat ideas

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and then send us some to see if they are OK.

DutchmenSport wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
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They also have range hoods that vent the combustion products and moisture. That and you don't have the stove on while you are sleeping.

This is also true. My current camper does not have a range hood vented outside. It's still never caused a problem (again.... for quick and immediate heat).

Never slept with a stove burner on either. I wouldn't do that, or even suggest it either.

Another option, if you have one in your camper, is to light the oven and leave the oven door ajar a little bit. This will also create a LOT of heat quickly, and a bit safer than a burner on the top of the stove. At most, the oven door will accidentally get shut. I have done this also when temps outside were zero or below and felt more comfortable letting it run much longer than the stove top.

Before using that oven I would strongly recommend you bake a double batch of cinnamon rolls in it first!

totaldla wrote:

jfkmk wrote:
NEVER use a portable propane heater inside a trailer! Portable propane heaters are NOT designed for use in such a confined space, and the threat of co poisoning or even death is very real.

Why not use the trailers heater? It is vented outside and the fan runs on 12 volts.

You are just about completely wrong, and I know you have zero supporting data.

BAD advice Bucko. You have no way of knowing what he does or doesn't have or know.

Supporting Data includes the warnings right on the box or attached label for those types of heaters.

Jebby14 wrote:
Hoping for a 12v solution I can run of the battery using my inverter.

Generally that does not exist.
The current draw of any electric heater is too high.

jfkmk wrote:
NEVER use a portable propane heater inside a trailer! Portable propane heaters are NOT designed for use in such a confined space, and the threat of co poisoning or even death is very real.

Why not use the trailers heater? It is vented outside and the fan runs on 12 volts.

Some are designed for indoor use, including the model the previous poster recommended. I own a Buddy heater, and the manufacturer's literature says they are fine in an RV as long as the proper ventilation procedures are followed. It works fine, puts out loads of heat, and uses little gas. I just spent three nights in a popup with night time low temps in the mid 30s, the Buddy heater kept it toasty, and used less than 20 lb of propane.

It all depends on what you are used to. I have snowshoed into a camp and slept under a lean-to with a fire in front. That does not mean I expect others to.

If I were the OP I would check out the furnace and use it. TTs are designed to be self-contained. The use of a good set of blankets is also a good idea.

rhagfo wrote:

DutchmenSport wrote:
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They also have range hoods that vent the combustion products and moisture. That and you don't have the stove on while you are sleeping.

This is also true. My current camper does not have a range hood vented outside. It's still never caused a problem (again.... for quick and immediate heat).

Never slept with a stove burner on either. I wouldn't do that, or even suggest it either.

Another option, if you have one in your camper, is to light the oven and leave the oven door ajar a little bit. This will also create a LOT of heat quickly, and a bit safer than a burner on the top of the stove. At most, the oven door will accidentally get shut. I have done this also when temps outside were zero or below and felt more comfortable letting it run much longer than the stove top.

jfkmk wrote:

totaldla wrote:

jfkmk wrote:
NEVER use a portable propane heater inside a trailer! Portable propane heaters are NOT designed for use in such a confined space, and the threat of co poisoning or even death is very real.

Why not use the trailers heater? It is vented outside and the fan runs on 12 volts.

You are just about completely wrong, and I know you have zero supporting data.

Are you serious?? Do you know how to use Google? If so, Google dangers of portable propane heaters, co poisoning, using portable propane heaters indoors, etc. That will give you plenty of data. The truth is co is undetectable (except by a co detector - you can't smell it) and it is deadly. Co can build to deadly levels quickly, especially in a space as small as a trailer.

Very serious. People like you parrot tbe same old tired half-truths and never, ever research the issue themselves. If you knew anything about the technology, or at least something about the fatalities, you'd know that a "mr. Buddy" type heater is safe.

I'm speaking up because misinformation isn't against the law on a forum.

DutchmenSport wrote:
If yoy can cook on a gas stove top in your camper, you can also use the same stove top for quick and immediate heat. I have often times turned on all three burners to initially heat up the camper. The CO detector has never sounded an alarm. I suppose if it did, it would be equally as dangerous to even cook on it too.

They also have range hoods that vent the combustion products and moisture. That and you don't have the stove on while you are sleeping.

We have a Mr Heater Buddy made for tents, we have used for 8 years in tents, truck campers, and now if I need to the TT, just open a window a couple inches and crack open the top vent, you camper should have a carbon monoxide alarm along with the shut off on the heater.