Electric Heat

[GerryS]

Don't discount smaller heaters. This little one did very nice at last years gal gathering....low 40s.... And a Honda should run it with no problem.

http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-100-MyHeat- ... nal+heater

[Prem]

Gerry,

I'm in. I just bought one. No more propane for me.

Thanks.

[hankaye]

Howdy All;

hummmmm wonder how many cubic feet of space it will keep warm ...

hank

[GerryS]

Let me know how you like it.....we use a 1200, but that because we have one side door open and a side tent....the dogs sleep there. It's so sad to wake up and see them shivering....yes, they've got a dog bed...and blankets....

[VijayGupta]

as an aside, I found a nice little heater that I got and have been using while we're out in the last week.

(Relatively) small, very quiet (quiet fan mode or no-fan convection mode), little clearance need. 2x750W heater elements that you can run either or both at once, not too expensive, thermostat, timer (if wanted), shipped to the house for free.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Crane-1500-Watt-Convection-Portable-Heater-with-Timer-and-Fan-White-EE-8068-W/203545311

If you are small spaced and well-insulated, they also have a 400W version that can stand alone or wall mount.

[lrrowe]

Do these Honda equivalent generators have remote start? If so, I could see the routine of running the gen. to warm up the trailer and then shutting all down when going to bed. Then in the AM, before it is time to actually get up, roll over, hit the remote start and have a warm trailer before you get up. Lazy, yes! Defeat the purpose of roughing it, yes. But at least I can think about it.

[rowerwet]

For heating with a generator as power, look into the pelonis disc furnace, they are more efficient

[abqlloyd]

The Honda inverters don't have remote start. The Onan 2400 will remote start as its a purpose-built RV generator. More $$$.

[lrrowe]

I didn't think they did. And I was only dreaming out loud. Just saying how nice that could be.

[abqlloyd]

I've seen some hacks for the Yamaha version.

[Rainier70]

Another heater that can be run at 400 watts or 800 is an Optimus infrared heater.

http://www.amazon.com/Optimus-H-5511-In ... red+heater

[chukarchaser]

I run my generator like I stole it. Run them hard and often. Letting them sit around and babying it when you do run it will eventually cause problems. Ask any generator repair shop

[professorkx]

I am looking at one of these heaters:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Econo-Heat-4 ... /202882716

I plan on using a base board thermostat to control on/off.

anyone have any experience with these?

[GuitarPhotog]

I am looking at one of these heaters:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Econo-Heat-4 ... /202882716

I plan on using a base board thermostat to control on/off.

anyone have any experience with these?

They don't get very good reviews. But for heating a TD, they might work OK. 400W isn't much heating capacity, most room heaters are 1000W or more.

<Chas>

[khigh]

I've got a 400/900 from Harbor Freight. It's one of the disk infrared kind. The advantage of that is that it heats what it's pointed at, so if you set it on low and pointed it at your bed, it might do the trick, though I don't have any specific experience using it in my CT. I use it in my basement office that doesn't get QUITE enough heat from the central HVAC

http://www.harborfreight.com/lawn-garde ... 62313.html

$22.49 with the ubiquitous 25% off coupon

The 900 setting is the top power - they don't combine like a lot of them - just the two settings.