Heated Floors

[Vedette]

Okay
After seeing a Teardrop in the snow at Yellowstone in the summer.
I am thinking warmth.
What has been used for heating your teardrop?
How about heating the floors???
Please let me know where to look and what you have done.
Thanks
Brian

[kirkman]

I have one of these. I bought it at Walmart for $12. It works great!

[mikeschn]

If you have electric, a ceramic heater is a good choice.

If you don't have electric, a force air furnace is a very safe choice!

Mike...

[Shadow Catcher]

I have a small ceramic heater for when we have AC and an Espar diesel heater for when we don't.



I am using it to help heat the garage right now as it puts out a nice 7000 btu on high.

[Woodbutcher]

The problem with Yellowstone and most of Wyoming is the camp grounds don't have electric.

[Treeview]

The problem with Yellowstone and most of Wyoming is the camp grounds don't have electric.

YOu have to find a campsite with a Current Bush...add in alligator clips and some two strand wire...viola! Electricity....heheheehe!

[mikeschn]

A solar panel might help in this situation!!!

Mike...

P.S. A battery too!

[chartle]

Okay
After seeing a Teardrop in the snow at Yellowstone in the summer.
I am thinking warmth.
What has been used for heating your teardrop?
How about heating the floors???
Please let me know where to look and what you have done.
Thanks
Brian

Heated floors how would heat the floors? Hot water underfloor radiant tubing?

Of course one other issue is that in every TD I have seen the mattress covers the floor and would make a great insulator.

[BPFox]

Don't forget, everyone walks around with a 98+ degree heater built in. It doesn't need electricity to run and the only combustable fuel it needs is food.

On a side note, if it's really cold, it does help to have a second heat source close. I prefer it be my wife! Peace.

[48Rob]

You could use the new underfloor electric heating mats.
The new material can be placed under wood floors and doesn't have to be bedded in concrete or thinset.

This link has a 24 Volt mat.

http://www.thermosoft.com/radiant-floor ... otile-24v/

Most electric heaters big enough to heat a trailer would need a 120 Volt source, such as a plug in or gererator, but since this one runs on 24Volts, you may be able to design a solar system to power it?

Rob

[mikeschn]

The problem with Yellowstone and most of Wyoming is the camp grounds don't have electric.

The Atwood 8012-II is Front Discharge with the the Ultra Low Amp. Draw of 1.8. This incredibly Low Amp Draw makes this unit the most Electrically Efficient Furnace of its type on the market today. This unit is ideal for those concerned about battery drain while in the wild.

http://www.ducktec.com/itmidx14.htm

Mike...

P.S. It's the one I use. Right now it's in the garage, but it's going into my Optimized Winter Warrior when the time comes...

[jstrubberg]

Don't I remember folks around here talking about a 12v heating may you could put on the floor of your trailer? Seems like radiant heat from below would be the best way to go in such a small space.


Yeah, something like this.

http://www.amazon.com/Soft-Heat-Micro-P ... 516&sr=1-1

[Mark72]

Here is what I am considering using in my vintage Nomad TTT. I don't know how this would work in a tear with the mattress on the floor.

http://www.calorique.com/products/interior-radiant-heat/iq-radiant-floor-warming/index.html

Mark

[allan1]

Okay
After seeing a Teardrop in the snow at Yellowstone in the summer.
I am thinking warmth.
What has been used for heating your teardrop?
How about heating the floors???
Please let me know where to look and what you have done.
Thanks
Brian

I've seen 12 volt heating cables used in greenhouse beds and might be adaptable to under or into floor. Perhaps they could be 'inlaid' into the floor and covered.

[sagebrush]

In my teardrop the floor is covered by a memory foam mattress. Take quite a while for heat to soak through it.
This is what I used for 20 plus years of truck driving.
http://electrowarmth.com/12vbunkwarmermattresspad.php
It was my truck so I had to buy the fuel. Didn't want to leave it running all night!
I used a 40 degree sleeping bag with mattress pad in it ,then a liner made of a flat sheet between me and pad.
I could sleep comfortably down to zero F

Will