Space Heater
We use a small 1500W ceramic space heater that is not adequate. Today we looked a Lowes and saw a much larger heater, but is was also only 1500W. So my question is what kind of heater would be bette...
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Huntindog wrote:dieseltruckdriver wrote:Huntindog wrote:
Not at all.
I think that whatever your 30 amp service can provide is justified.
But some seem the think that running another cord from a seperate outlet is OK.... I do not. Some even have gone to the trouble of adding a seperate way to get the power into their 30 amp unit... That in my eyes is theft. Often the park operator will just overlook it, as they do not want a confrontation. It is kind of like shoplifting. Everyone pays for it in the form of higher prices.
50 amp service generally costs more, as the park understands the electricity use will be higher
Well I have a separate outlet just for a space heater that plugs in to the 15 amp outlet. I have never been to a place that charges different fees for 30 or 50 amp service.
So explain how having that outlet that makes me a thief. I do it to ease the load on the rv wiring.
Broad generalizations really shouldn't be made.
When you do such a mod to "ease" the load on your TTs 30 amp service,,,, It allows you to consume more than 30 amps...If and only IF the electric cost is the same at the park for 30 or 50 amp, then this would be OK.. It just means that the park has decided to make their 30 amp customers subsidize their 50 amp customers.
But don't pull out the generalization line.
We all know that electricity costs money. 50 amp service costs more than 30 amp service. Somebody will pay for it. The park is not in business to be a charity for those that try to cheat.
You ARE making VERY broad generalizations.
Why do you assume that every 30 amp rv is using a full 30 amps. I have never used 30 amps. I know because I use much more power in the summer, and I have never tripped my or a campground breaker. People don't trip the breakers in general, meaning they are NOT using the full amount of their 30 or 50 amp rig.
By the way, I deal with peak power rates at work daily, and being a controls person, I make sure the power demands stay within our peak limits. So I do understand what you are saying, I just think you are being overly harsh and making some large assumptions. No one is going to run their rigs at the ragged edge of tripping breakers.
Or maybe you are running a campground that is going broke, and are looking for scapegoats? THAT IS JUST A JOKE!!!!!
