Heat Strip In A/C

[malexander]

Anyone have heat strips in their A/C?
Those of you that do, how much heat do you get from them?

[Mr_Mark1]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but heat pumps (which we have) will work down to 40 degrees like several posters have stated above.

Now, if you have electric strips, they should give you heat all the time as that is 'electric heat'.

Our home in Southern California (desert) has heat pumps for heat (rarely used).... but, we also have a selection for 'supplemental heat' on the thermostat, which is the electric strip that will 'drink' the electric juice!

MM.

[njtony]

I agree with old guy, to much air movement not enough heat.I have ducted ceiling heat. My old MH had 2 single units that blew into area and the heat strip worked better.

[Kayteg1]

I am old guy , ops with old guy 😉
Had the strip in 1 coach and remember it being 1200W, so pretty good power, but even on low, the AC blower produced too much noise.
$19 ceramic heater is much quieter and nicer to use.
I think the only advantage of heat strip is that is harder to start a fire with it, so if you have habit of droping clothes on the floor, you better don't use floor heaters.

[old_guy]

well I hate to be the one to spoil the posts above, but I put one in our TT and I think the AC moves too much air even on low to make a difference. the air always felt cold to me. I very seldom used it after that.

[Dick_A]

I added them to the A/C units in our first motorhome and as mentioned above they work well when the outside temperature was above 40 degrees. They really saved on furnace propane consumption. Our current coach has heat pumps we use in the same manner.

[wildtoad]

Years ago I had them and as I can remember they did a good job of taking the chill off and keeping the place warm until it got really cold. If it is freezing outside you will want to use the furnace.

[RognBon]

We do. We use them frequently and they do a good job of warming the interior as long as the outside temperature does not drop below about 45 degrees.