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gettinmykxs
Explorer
Nov 05, 2015

How much electiticy costs to run small RV heaters?

I have 3 small RV space heaters I bought from Camping World, designed for RV's. How much electric do these things actually run? I live on private property because I have had screwed luck finding a RV ...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Nov 05, 2015
Hi Susan,

It appears you are plugged into a single 15 amp circuit. That works out to a MAXIMUM of 43.2 kwh per day. I'd guess at about 20 kwh per day. I'll further guess at $0.12 per kwh so a fair price is $2.40 per day for power.

gettinmykxs wrote:

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.

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