SteveAE wrote:
Hi,
Most portable electric heaters use about the same amount of power as a typical hair dryer....and produce about the same amount of heat.
If you go to Home Depot or similar (didn't have H.D.'s down there when I lived in the area), you can pick up a Kill-A-Watt power monitor for only a few dollars. Plug it in, then plug your heater into it. Calibrate it for your electric rates and let it run for a month. Then read display to determine the electric usage of your heater. You might be surprised.
Another option is you could volunteer to pay for a separate power meter for your rig. Then, you will have your own bill to contend with. This won't be cheap, but it will end the problems...on that front.
It is still fairly warm down there, but winter is coming (I have seen 6+ inches of snow in Santa Margarita). So I think that if you guys are having difficulties resolving this issue now, perhaps you might be better off looking for a different place.
Just my 2 cents worth. Good luck.
Ok so here's the deal. I am living on private property. My electrical connection is connected to the main house, he is 120 amp not 220 amp. So my power source is connected to a heavy duty extension cord, run up to the main house. I offered to be on low income electrical due to being disabled to start off with which would make the electric far lower then if I lived in the home itself. My rent is 550.00 per month. what ever is used for Electric is deducted from my rent. Granted he also has 2 other people living in a studio of the main house and a room mate. Then there is me in the RV parked further down on the property. I lost my propane furnace when I lived in Templeton CA when their sewer backed up into me, thus causing the coach to flood and it fried my propane heater. So I never got my propane heater back, due to the mobile service took it, never fixed it, wouldn't give GMAC the serial number or model number on it, so GMAC, (then) said the mobile unit has a furnace. Mine. So I elected to purchase RV space heaters. The ones you buy at HD draw to much power, therefore it also makes your breakers pop. I hope I can get the hell out of here as now this guy is asking for 450.00 per month + 100.00 and another 100 for electric. Mine you the room mates don't pay any electric as it is included in their rent. The guy said he was going to put in a 220 amp seeing how he has a RV on his site. I also have no sewer, which I have a company come in and drop my black tanks at 65.00 a hit. I have never paid like this before. So can you buy a propane heater like a space heater? wouldn't that be dangerous in a RV? Unless it is a actual furnace, I would think so, but not being sure about that, that's why I am here asking questions for my safety. Up at the main house their are 3 refrig's running, coffee makers, microwaves, and old washer and dryer, and he has an extension cord plugged into an outlet outside as he is having issues with his truck so its constantly on. I noticed when he takes it off his truck, he does not unplug it. During the summer this year, I couldn't run my main AC so I put in a small window box AC, and only ran it when the temps exceeded 80 degree's, as I am in direct sun, no shade. I asked him to move my coach closer to the main unit. I see what I am dealing with now. If you want someone on your property to help pay your mortgage, then except the fact you will pay more. Meaning the owner of the property. I am fully insured, I am not a liability to him, but more so he has become a liability to me. I have pets too, and I will not let them get cold or subject them to extreme heat conditions. He the landlord slipped last night, and said if the city knew I was here on his property that they would fine him. Excuse me?I got a b.s. story from him that every 11 months the trailer could be pulled 2 feet up and stay on for another 11 months. Sure he enjoys the fact that his mortgage is paid by 3 people thus saving him 1900.00 a month. And his or rather my electric bill is a tier 2, instead of a 4 which is the highest amount for electric. When the sun comes out, all windows and shades are open to warm the inside of my rig. So many people in the area of San Luis Obispo County are losing their jobs and their homes and going with RV's and motor homes, so therefore there are no spaces anywhere to pay and park. I check CL every day. And there Is nothing. I have even looked in Bakersfield, and other parts of the valley. Nothing. Even down south, nothing. He is not an agreeable person. I have done everything in my power to help this guy out, but when it comes down to it, I feel the person here who is not getting anywhere with him is me. He should have thought about this more carefully then looking at just a dollar figure to pay his house payment.
Susan
04 Salem 37'ft RV, pulled with a 08 Chevy 1 ton
