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JRscooby
Nov 18, 2022Explorer II
My camper, when hooked to a 30AMP post has 2 circuits. 1, on a 20 amp breaker, is under a bench and for the AC. the other, 15 amp breaker, is for everything else.
If it is cold enough to need heat, will not need AC. (AC has heat strip. Very useful if the ceiling is cold, I guess) I made up a short (5-6 ft) 12 gauge cord with double duplex outlets. Plug a heater and the mattress pad into that. Bedtime we put that heater on low. Less cycling, stays on. Have another 12 gauge cord that I feed thru a zipper, and to the 20A on post. Plug a oil filled heater in there. We carry a 3rd heater, for spare. Sometimes when have been out of camper, all heaters off I will replace the oil filled with another until camper warms up.
Also keep Little Buddy in pickup. Will heat camper fast, but hard to use without burning something.
If it is cold enough to need heat, will not need AC. (AC has heat strip. Very useful if the ceiling is cold, I guess) I made up a short (5-6 ft) 12 gauge cord with double duplex outlets. Plug a heater and the mattress pad into that. Bedtime we put that heater on low. Less cycling, stays on. Have another 12 gauge cord that I feed thru a zipper, and to the 20A on post. Plug a oil filled heater in there. We carry a 3rd heater, for spare. Sometimes when have been out of camper, all heaters off I will replace the oil filled with another until camper warms up.
Also keep Little Buddy in pickup. Will heat camper fast, but hard to use without burning something.
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