lows below freezing, bad idea to camp?
Hi folks. We have a camp trip to NV Beach which this weekend Friday-Monday which I planned months ago. NV Beach is near S. Lake Tahoe(6300 ft elev)and is a dry camp site. Well winter came early th...
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mlts22 wrote:
One trick I've done in an area that allowed generators until 7-8 PM was to use an electric space heater on its own extension cord threaded through the mousehole at 1500 watts, and another heater at 750 watts. I went about my business with both heaters cranked. Then when it was time to retire, I put away the electric heaters, fired up the propane furnace, which was easily able to maintain a comfortable temperature even with the outside weather being in the teens.
That's a great idea. I've used a dual hot plate and electric fry pan to use the extra power while charging, running heaters would be the same thing and leave the batteries well charged for a night of running the furnace.
