Electric heater vs using furnace in fall?
Need advice from experienced campers since wife and I only started this year and have camped only 10 nights due to P/T job getting in the way after retiring....We have a 2014 Keystone Bullet 285 RLS T...
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SoundGuy wrote:temccarthy1 wrote:
That's my plan until I get my progressive Industries electrical management device next year that will give me constant amp readings, then I'll know what my cushions are on each appliance and electronics.
Certainly an EMS will provide power draw measurements but so to will an inexpensive Kill-a-Watt Meter. Rarely will an electric heater labeled as "1500 watts" actually draw anywhere near that ... I've got several and they range from ~ 950 watts to ~ 1400 watts on the highest setting. Measure what you have and you'll know, not just be guessing. ;)
However a Kill a Watt won't give you TOTAL CURRENT draw to effectively manage say a 30A limited trailer when you now have enough LOADS that can easily exceed that 30A. Personally, I've found my remote reading display on my PI 30A unit to be INVALUABLE in effectively managing the 30A OEM side of my upgraded 60A total power system. Even with my WH not on electric I can exceed 30A if I have the AC on with just a coffee pot plugged in and I turn on the OEM microwave which draws 14A.
Larry
