HEAT!

[booyah]

Sorry I know I've posted about it before, but I wanted to take a second to pimp the best teardrop heater I've found.

If you have 110v seriously look at this little guy
https://www.amazon.com/Ontel-Handy-Heat ... 01L9UKAHM/

its only 400w, but in the limited space of an insulated teardrop, I have kept it a toasty 70 inside below freezing outside. Two speed fan, adjustable temp digital thermostat, its really slick for under $20.

We had the TD out this last weekend when it was getting into the 40s overnight and my daughter didnt pack for the weather, made for a nice place for her to hang out to keep out of the cool.

Seriously considering a second one and doing more mid winter camping.

Are you running this from shore power? If not, how many amps does it draw?

Tony


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I run it off shore power, or I'm the strange person who runs the small inverter generator to run heat (Yes I know its horribly inefficient, but I don't like burning stuff in side my TD for heat)

But yes watts are watts no matter watt, so if I ran this off battery, my inverter is about 85% efficient, and is rated for sustained 400w. Figure 60 watts to run the inverter, plus 400 for the heater, divided by 12, so 38a roughly.

My battery is only a group 24 deep cycle (about 75ah) so I could run it for an hour without killing the battery, but I wouldn't want to run it longer! Battery power for heat is a bad idea overall.

[tony.latham]

Battery power for heat is a bad idea overall.

That's why this little blue propane heater is sitting in the new 'drop:





Tony

[booyah]

Battery power for heat is a bad idea overall.

That's why this little blue propane heater is sitting in the new 'drop:





Tony

I love the idea of those little furnaces, seperate heat exchanger, air intake and exhaust, all the good stuff!
I just didnt have the comfort level of "burning stuff inside my camper" when I did my build

Burning stuff at the end o fa 50ft extension cord behind the car to provide electricity and heat to my camper? Yeah that I am ok with!

[John61CT]

I love the idea of those little furnaces, seperate heat exchanger, air intake and exhaust, all the good stuff!
I just didnt have the comfort level of "burning stuff inside my camper" when I did my build

Definitely most, pretty sure all, those "parking heaters" can (should) be located outside the living space.

Propex HS2211 is a great unit if you already carry lpg rather than burning TV's fuel.

[tony.latham]

I just didnt have the comfort level of "burning stuff inside my camper"

Yeah, like my house.

Tony

[RJ Howell]

My battery is only a group 24 deep cycle (about 75ah) so I could run it for an hour without killing the battery, but I wouldn't want to run it longer! Battery power for heat is a bad idea overall.

Battery rated at 75ah: 12v volt 75% of rating (gel or AGM pushed to 65%) at it's deepest point to keep that battery alive & well for years to come. Now 6v's can be pushed to 50%.

I still wouldn't use my Batteries (dual 6v's) to run a heater.

[RJ Howell]

I just didnt have the comfort level of "burning stuff inside my camper"

Yeah, like my house.

Tony

My propane heater is bigger, yet so is my trailer. And yes, right under the bed. Heats the trailer quickly (about 20 minutes to too hot).

What's the brand and model on you unit? I'd like to research it.

[tony.latham]

I just didnt have the comfort level of "burning stuff inside my camper"

Yeah, like my house.

Tony

My propane heater is bigger, yet so is my trailer. And yes, right under the bed. Heats the trailer quickly (about 20 minutes to too hot).

What's the brand and model on you unit? I'd like to research it.

It’s a Propex. I don’t recall the model but they only make two. Made in England. They aren’t free.

T


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[KennethW]

The propex heater sound great. but on the spendy side. If you are looking for something of a lower cost in a fully vented heater you may want to look at chinese diesel parking heaters $140 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fugacal-Air- ... w0EALw_wcB

[wannabefree]

For winter camping we prefer a warmer climate, but once we stayed in a park and ran our little 200 watt heater off shore power. It kept us from freezing. In the morning we had 4 inches of snow on the roof. 54 degrees inside when we got up.