How to stay warm

Are all your heating vents opened, is the heater running all the time?

We camped in April and it dipped down to 11 degrees, the camper stayed at 70, of course the windows got sweated and our water line froze, but we were warm.

Dan

A 1500 watt heater outputs 5100 BTU. Your furnace should be a minimum of 20,000 BTU and probably more. So the furnace should output 4X as much as the space heater at a minimum.

I've run two electric heaters, a 1500 watt and a 1000 watt and not tripped the 30A breaker.

The furnace works on gas and a few watts of electric. About 6 amps a at 12 volts or 48 watts

The electric heater works on 12.5 amps of 120 volt power. About 1,450 watts!

Yes you can run both at the same time. I would leave the electric heater on high, and then set the furnace to about 68F or what is comfortable minus about 3 degrees. Just don't have the electric heater next to the furnace thermostat, or it will read the heater temp, not the real RV temp.

Good luck,

Fred.

blckgnx wrote:
Thanks gentleman for the advice. I turned off the furnace, as I thought it would overload the electrical system. I'll turn it back on and give it a try. Thanks again. Ron

The furnace runs off gas. Based on this statement, with all do respect, you have a lot to learn and probably should not be camping in extreme situations until you learn more about a RV.

Thanks gentleman for the advice. I turned off the furnace, as I thought it would overload the electrical system. I'll turn it back on and give it a try. Thanks again. Ron

If the furnace cant keep you warm at 27 degrees, something is very wrong. A piddly 1500 watt heater will *almost* keep our trailer decent at 45 degrees, the furnace turns the bedroom into a sweat box at 30.. Does the stove work, all burners on high? Are both tanks more or less full, and turned on?

Are you near a motel? Otherwise drive down to a lower and warmer elevation. Good luck and stay warm.

Why did you turn the furnace off? Turn it back on and use both. Get an electric mattress pad.

Makes me appreciate our MH with two furnaces. We've only been down to about 22* in it, but we stayed perfectly warm without the electric heater.

Bill

Leave the furnace on set to about the same temperature of the oil heater.