Electrical Help pls

maria_bettina wrote:
Thank you for all the follow-up posts. This thread has been very informative (to me). I feel like I got a quickie electrical lesson and info on other ways to heat my TC. You guys are the best!!! I can always count on the members of RV.net to help me out.

Yea, we had the $1500 option of an LP furnace which we declined. Believe me, I am kicking myself for that now. I didn't realize how often we'd find ourselves camping in the cold! We have found ourselves at 10k feet elevation and the Little Buddy not working. D'oh. (I guess the cold didn't bother me when we had the travel trailer - haha - oh, how I appreciate all the amenities we had now.)

Thanks again !

Nope, Buddy Heaters run out of air at around 8kft, which you didn't mention that you know...so you've effectively verified that they're safe to use and shut off as designed with low O2 (if you understood why it didn't work at 10kft).

It doesn't sound like installing a RV furnace or wood stove (woodstove, really? in a popup full of people? lol love the idea in theory. Not even remotely practical in the OP's scenario/type of camper...) is within your abilities and obviously budget is a huge concern if you bought a new camper with no heater.
A small 5kw-8kw diesel heater would be the most economical and easiest setup for your needs. Would still need to know how to wire it up to your 12V system and install a thru wall exhaust, and have enough battery capacity to run it (just like anything but a woodstove, basically). But the heater will heat the little camper really well it would seem, as a 8kw version is rated to put out about 600% the btus of a Little Buddy. For less than $150 purchase price.
Disclaimer, I have yet to buy or use one of these, but they're pretty popular and widely accepted as being viable sources of heat that use very little fuel and self contained with minimal install requirements.