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04-13-2019, 08:09 AM #11
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See the "water heating" info starting on page 6 https://www.eberspacher.com/fileadmi...g_uk_22375.pdf
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04-13-2019, 08:17 AM #12
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This looks like a nice option but the exhaust gasses must not be able to intrude into the RV. Would the electric/oil heater work or do you need something that would also serve as a back up for boon docking?
Re-Read your post on the 20 amp service. If this one location is the only limiting factor then maybe having a service installed may be another option?Last edited by MidwestCamper; 04-13-2019 at 08:48 AM.
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04-13-2019, 08:28 AM #13
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Rob,
Another one that someone moved forward on rather than pondered. Lol. A cheap version of this would serve many tasks. All these heaters would work as a backup but the electric/oil type heater would seem to be the most convenient as long as electric power was available. Not sure if GDRV does any analysis on exhaust intrusion, but by design this needs to be considered.MidwestCamper
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04-13-2019, 09:06 AM #14
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I have a couple of these little beauties and they work amazingly well. I have not tried it in the trailer yet but 2 of them will warm up my oversized 2 car garage nicely on a cold day. I would think one at each end of the RV would work nicely with the propane furnace as backup. Just another option and no worries about CO fumes.2019 Solitude 375RES Onan 5500 Splendide W/D Samsung res. fridge
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04-13-2019, 11:27 AM #15
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I have a 5500 watt generator in the bed of my truck, diesel powered, but running electric heaters is only marginally effective when it is cold out. I do a lot of boon docking in the fall, sometimes it is cold and snowing, bringing enough propane can be a challenge not to mention that we get gouged on propane pricing for rv's. I ordered one of these diesel heaters from amazon today. I am not sure if I will install it in my hunting trailer first to see how I like it or in the solitude. I already have a blue flame heater in my hunting trailer, but it doesn't warm up the belly area when it is below freezing. When it gets down close to 0 and there is snow on the ground, it requires a lot of heat to keep warm especially if you get wet and need to dry out.
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04-13-2019, 12:28 PM #17
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04-13-2019, 06:23 PM #18
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I live in wet western Oregon. I melt at 80*.
We have a Wave 3. It heated the pickup camper when I was ski patrolling at Crater Lake. It did great. I wish it was a Wave 6 sometimes when using it for extra heat in the Momentum we had. KENBackpacker and tent camper all my life, including BSA as a kid and adult.
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04-13-2019, 07:49 PM #19
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To be honest, I don’t think there is any one perfect solution (electric, propane, gas, diesel, kerosene, etc. Here in N.B. Canada, our avg winter low temps. are ~9*F. For me the most effective method; if I’m in one place longer then a week is first skirt the rig. Second is having a generator that is paired to whatever fuel is most available or more importantly, storable on your rig or tow vehicle. Third, is using one electric space heater in each room. As well I have a Big buddy Mr Heater.
My new setup now that I’m in a Momentum is that I’ll be looking at some sort of gas heater as I’m carrying 40gal of gas.
The other thing I’ve done in the past is had a fuel Co drop off 3-4 100lbs pptanks.
If im at a provincial/state park camp and ther is a 20Amp outlet as well as a 30/50amp service I’ll run an extension cord in the rig and run 1-2 space heaters.
Again IMHO ther is no 1 perfect solution when your in an RV that move around the planet.2018 F-350 6.7L diesel SRW CCSB Lariat with OEM rolling tonneau
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04-14-2019, 06:27 AM #20
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The problems that you are having is the reasons I go south for the winter. After losing everything to the wild fire near Philipsburg, MT. in 2013. I tried to stay there through the winter of 2013/14, and will never stay there ever again in a trailer. At -36 with all the heat I could get out of the furnace, and two elec. heaters, I woke up to ICE in the kitchen sink. It was so cold the cat crawled in bed with me. I said thats enough, next year I went south for the winters.
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