The GEO Method and Space Heaters - Thoughts?
Preparing for a week long trip. It will be approx. 300 miles one way to our destination. 1. I wanted to take this driving opportunity to clean my RV holding tanks. I was considering using the ...
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deltabravo wrote:Baja Man wrote:
1. Will only run propane heater while we are awake.
2.
BTW...are electric heaters safe to run while asleep?
pianotuna:
Is the reason to change the 120V outlet where a space may be used to replace with a house grade or better quality one?
There's no reason not to run the propane furnace when sleeping.... I do it all the time when I'm dry camped.
Yes, electric heaters are safe to run, any time. If they weren't safe to use, they wouldn't be sold.
If you have pets or children, then they may not be the best source of heat at night, because a blanket could fall on them, a pet or child could knock them off a counter, etc.
Good heaters have a tip-over shut off mechanism.
I installed a dedicate electrical outlet specifically for plugging a heater into.
Video of the outlet upgrade project
agree on the outlet upgrades
well for us there are two reasons for not running the furnace when sleeping:
1) I guess we are light sleepers because the furnace cycling on and off makes enough noise that it wakes us up and we end up not getting a good nights sleep
2) We often dry camp for a week or more in remote places and in the spring and fall running the furnace all night sucks up propane, enough that we would run out of propane before we were done camping even with two 30lb tanks.
Now if the noise isn't an issue or you have enough then go ahead and run the furnace at night. no issues.
