Hi all,
Here is the raw data
Test started at noon on Jan 23, 2014. Air temperature in the RV was well below freezing (-27 c, 16 f) when I picked it up from storage. I ran the generator to exercise it while I put on a new 50 amp Camco plug on my "break out box". After one hour running two radiant and one oil filled heater air temperatures was -8 c (17 f), inside the RV.
Temperature measurements were taken with my newest "toy" a point and shoot thermometer. I did attempt to aim at the same place each time.
When I started the test floor temperature was -13.8 (7 f)
one hour later
rugs at 6 c (42 f)floor at -8 c (17.6 f)
30 minutes later
rugs at 15 c (59 F) floor at -2 (28 f)
Temperature of floor under the rug 28 c (82 f)
30 minutes later
rugs at 27 c (80 f) floor at 2 (35 f)
Temperature of the floor under the rug 37 c (98 f)
30 minutes later
rugs at 33 c (91 f) floor at 5 c (41 f)
Temperature of the floor under the rug 47 c (116 f)
Clearly this is an improvement over what I had before. I'm happy with the heating potential. When I terminated the test, air temperature was 20 c (68 f). I was running 3 oil filled, one radiant and two fan heaters plus the rugs for a total demand of about 4700 watts.
It did warm up outside from the -27 c (16 f) to -4 c (25 f), but time to 20 C air temperature was at least two hours shorter than my last attempt at electric heating. The heaters started to cycle at about the 2 hour mark today. The freeze protection fan is cycling.
Regards, Don
My ride is a 28 foot Class C, 256 watts solar, 556 amp-hours of Telcom jars, 3000 watt Magnum hybrid inverter, Sola Basic Autoformer, Microair Easy Start.