Adding electric heat to coleman Mach3+

[Tyandkate]

Any one ever added electric heat to there rooftop unit? curious as a option to heat up the camper a bit with out the need of gas. Just curious if anyone uses it and the results.

[ScottG]

A simple heat strip (5600 btu's) is a nice addition to your other heat sources and is only about $50 rather than the $1k+ the Cheap Heat goes for.
For what it is, the heat strip is a decent value.

I wish mine had it in the main AC (so it would come out the ducts) but the wall stat isn't wired for it.

[path1]

Look up the btu's it puts out. Why bother?

[Tyandkate]

I'll look that up thanks!

Also the add on heat strip for my roof top is drawing the same amount of amps as my unit pulls in cooling mode.

[Second_Chance]

It would be more practical to do something like add the CheapHeat unit to the main furnace. Warm air rises, so you would heat your RV more efficiently and evenly using the furnace ducting in the floor. The CheapHeat system adds electric heating to your RV furnace so it doesn't have to burn propane:

CheapHeat

Resistive electric heating also draws quite a bit of current. It would be much more difficult to get heavier wiring up to the roof than doing the modifications necessary in the lower utility areas of the trailer.

Rob