Electrically Heating TT Underbelly
Has anyone made or found a way to electrically heat the enclosed underbelly of a travel trailer? We just finished a trip to Ruidoso during which the temperatures were below freezing for much of it, do...
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I have a couple of portable 1,500 watt heaters with thermostats. Any of them could be used to warm the basement area to say 60F. Normally I might leave one on low heat output, and set it to the warm setting.
I normally have one heater in the back, and keep it in the bedroom at night, and bathroom while I am in there. I heat the living room with a third electric heater.
Because I only have a 30 amp service, I need to have one heater on the power post, while the others are run from the 30 amp service, but only 1 can be on high 1500 watt setting, the other on the low 800 watt setting. If I made coffee, or run the toaster, I would need to shut off one of the heaters, to keep the load below 30 amps.
You might trip a 20 amp circuit breaker inside the RV. If you do, find out what circuits are still "Live" and plug one heater into a "Live" plug, while the other should be plugged into the now tripped and dead circuit. Once re-set, you will only have one heater on each circuit breaker, and not trip it again. NOrmally a 30 amp RV will only have 2 or 3 circuit breakers feeding the receptacles, including one in the basement that feeds the battery charger. (one for the A/C and normally there are no more than 5 total, and a main 30 amp breaker).
With a 50 amp RV, normally there will be several circuits, and dedicated ones to the microwave, kitchen, each A/C unit, and perhaps the basement will have it's own circuit breaker. If you have a optional 'Fireplace heater' it typically will be on it's own 20 amp breaker as well.
50 amp RV's typically have 8-12 circuit breakers, in addition to the 50 amp main breaker.
Have fun camping!
Fred.
I normally have one heater in the back, and keep it in the bedroom at night, and bathroom while I am in there. I heat the living room with a third electric heater.
Because I only have a 30 amp service, I need to have one heater on the power post, while the others are run from the 30 amp service, but only 1 can be on high 1500 watt setting, the other on the low 800 watt setting. If I made coffee, or run the toaster, I would need to shut off one of the heaters, to keep the load below 30 amps.
You might trip a 20 amp circuit breaker inside the RV. If you do, find out what circuits are still "Live" and plug one heater into a "Live" plug, while the other should be plugged into the now tripped and dead circuit. Once re-set, you will only have one heater on each circuit breaker, and not trip it again. NOrmally a 30 amp RV will only have 2 or 3 circuit breakers feeding the receptacles, including one in the basement that feeds the battery charger. (one for the A/C and normally there are no more than 5 total, and a main 30 amp breaker).
With a 50 amp RV, normally there will be several circuits, and dedicated ones to the microwave, kitchen, each A/C unit, and perhaps the basement will have it's own circuit breaker. If you have a optional 'Fireplace heater' it typically will be on it's own 20 amp breaker as well.
50 amp RV's typically have 8-12 circuit breakers, in addition to the 50 amp main breaker.
Have fun camping!
Fred.
