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gettinmykxs
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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 09, 2015
Hi

1000 watts =3412 btu's.

About the smallest rv furnace is 20000 btu's

If you plan on running heaters it behooves you to replace the outlets in the RV.

tatest wrote:
Depends on the rate per KWH and how many heaters you need to run. For most RVs, 2-3 1500 watt heaters are close to the output their LPG furnace; larger RVs it can be several more.

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