electric heater
David Smith
Will a standard household electric heater keep a popup warm in
temperatures down to 25 degrees? I would like to camp into late fall and
begin early spring. Any other suggestions?
Dave Smith
CRAIG9952
one i had cost around $100.00 borrowed from another camper in the group It had
a digital temp readout and so on.
You could set it for say 75 degrees and it would stay on till it reached
that temp..
Also very quiet.. maybe find it at Home depo. However! i would personally go
with something cheaper.. Craig
RICH
that cold. We have a heck of a time keeping warm. What I have found to be
effective is several things. We take a large tarp and cover the pop up
completely , this helps keep a dead air space around the camper. Inside the
camper we use a catalytic heater (no electric, primitive camping) Without
the tarp it is very hard to keep a decent temp on the inside. When you look
at our campsite you think that we are camping in a brown cacoon. You dont
even see the camper. I wish I had a picture of it, I will take one this
year. But it is the best that we have found though.
RICH
meldx
check for electric blanket wich will also keep you warm enough!
Mel
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Miles
Yes it will. I'll have to look up the name but we bought a rather small
physical sized heater for about $60. It oscillates back and forth and
comes with a remote control to control the temp. I could not believe
how much heat this little thing puts out. We camped in 30 degree
weather and kept our trailer warmer than I actually wanted. Wife likes
it hotter than I do. I will say however that there are only two of us
and the heater was placed on the counter in the middle of the trailer
pointed towards our bed. The other bed may not have gotten much heat.
Joce
If you have 30AMP connection you can use two 1500 watt electric
heaters... it should be enough.
I bought two ceramic heater at $20CDN, they have thermostat and it's
very quiet.
Joce
RICH
heaters. If it goes down to 30 outside and you have a 16th of canvas between
you and outside how does this hold heat? Maybe I need to get new canvas!
Without our heater and tarp we freeze our A$$ off. DO you all sleep in
parkas or what?
RICH
PS
not be arrogant here just curious
meldx
coldest I've been is -3C (not sure how it converts in F) and did a good job!
Mel
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jay
I've camped in 25 to 30F weather (at night) with no problems with the
furnace thats in my camper (gas one).
It keeps the inside at about 50 to 60 degrees without much trouble IF your
out of the wind. Being from Wisconsin I find 50 degrees F great sleeping
weather. Above that temp I breakout the shorts and swimsuit! : ) Parkas
are reserved for below zero.
--jay
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Tom
wrote:
Nope. I camp a lot in that kind of weather, and a 1500 watt standard
space heater won't keep it over 55 degrees. Might I suggest an
alternative? I bought a Mr. Heater portable Buddy propane heater that
takes either the little bottles or can hook up to a tank. It is only
one of two that I know of that is certified safe for indoor use. Has a
Co sensor that shuts it off if it gets dangerous. Tipover shutoff
also. Requires only 4 square inches of air ventilation. Runs about 90
bucks. I have used that thing in my popup when icicles were hanging
off the bunkends outside, and it does a helluva job. Plus, you don't
need hookups, and if the power goes out at home, it is available. I
was a little leery when I first looked at it, but now I wouldn't be
without it. It does a better job than our furnace in the pop-up. There
are lots of places that sell it, here is one:
http://www.heatershop.com/mr_heater_portable_buddy.html
Tom
George & Theresa Odom
watt heater and the AC heat strip (also 1500 watts). Finding a sheltered
camp site does help, as does closing off unused bunk ends, and putting
carpet on the floor. We do have a propane furnace, but it is hardly ever
used. Be careful with the vinyl windows in subfreezing weather, they get
real stiff and brittle.
Bill Cornwell
What wattage is it? If it has the coils that glow red, I would advise 1-2
ceramic heaters depending if
you have a heat strip in your ac unit. Check out www.pelonis.com They're
the best heaters made.
HTH,
Bill
00 Jayco Eagle 10UD
01 Ford F150 XLT SC
Miles
RICH wrote:
> Boy, What kind of camper do you all have, or you have some heavy duty
> heaters. If it goes down to 30 outside and you have a 16th of canvas between
> you and outside how does this hold heat? Maybe I need to get new canvas!
> Without our heater and tarp we freeze our A$$ off. DO you all sleep in
> parkas or what?
Do you sleep with more than just a sheet over you? We keep the windows
mostly zipped up except for an inch or so. Otherwise it gets stuffy. I
have not camped in the trailer in the winter or in snow conditions.
However, we have camped in late Oct when night time temps are around 30.
Normally we dry camp so an electric heater is not possible. Even then
we are quite warm. In those conditions we have 2 zipped together but
opened up sleeping bags on the bottom, one on top along with 2 big
fluffy quilts. Never cold except in the morning when ya gotta crawl out.
RICH
into a super cold camper. Usually someone gets up and cranks up the heater
for awhile then we get out of our bags.
RICH
Bill
with reflectix so that it acts as a radiant barrier.
Put it under mattress for winter?? Line walls and floor??
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mac davis
i don't know the brand offhand (might be coleman) but Big 5 sells a
heater like tom's for about $45... we use it camping and on our patio
and it heats a tent pretty well...
i was a little worried at first, but it IS certified for even ground
tents and can be used indoors, too...
al...@gpacable.com
wrote:
>On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:37:19 -0700, Tom <al...@gpacable.com> wrote:
>
>i don't know the brand offhand (might be coleman) but Big 5 sells a
>heater like tom's for about $45... we use it camping and on our patio
>and it heats a tent pretty well...
>i was a little worried at first, but it IS certified for even ground
>tents and can be used indoors, too...
Coleman makes a Powercat that they say is for indoor use. Don't know
if it is certified, though. It is 3000 btu, probably not enough for
freezing temps in a pop-up. Mr. Heater portable Buddy is 9000 btu.
Tom
stantheman
froze took old time electric heater next time it was a big help this was 20
years ago we sure wished had furnace in it but now I found at Wall-Mart 2
years ago gray small think name was titan or some thing like that still have
old fashion heater still works we have travel trailer now 24 ft nomad this
small heater works better than old one only bought it to move heat & add to
old one was surprised when it could nearly heat trailer its self went back
next year bought an other one the two heat our trailer no problem cost about
14.00 or 15.oo$ us they are about 5 or 6 inch square not very big at all
this think is so small we put one right on self pointing at bed other at
other end puts out a lot of heat for such small heater
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