Anyone tried out a little 12 volt heater for a teardrop? I feel like with current battery capacity and solar there should be a decent electric heat solution. I don't need a 70 deg cabin, I just want something to go from 30 deg outside to 50 deg inside and maybe help with the condensation.
Electric Heat? Teardrop
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PirateMcGee
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I don't think it's a good option for offgrid. I ended up with a propex hs2000.
high-and-dry
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The lighter plug heaters you see are normally 150 watts and put out about 500 btu. A candle does around 300 btu, about the same as a human body ( not wrapped in heavy clothes or sleeping bag )
The draw will be about 12 amps, so over night you would draw about 100 ah. Then getting 5 hours of sun if your lucky in the winter you would need about 300 watts of panel to recharge. But figure on 400 watts of panel and 200 ah of battery.
The draw will be about 12 amps, so over night you would draw about 100 ah. Then getting 5 hours of sun if your lucky in the winter you would need about 300 watts of panel to recharge. But figure on 400 watts of panel and 200 ah of battery.
Teardropper
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I had one of those in my first teardrop. I couldn't really feel any heat coming out of it but it would bring the battery down.
Tony
workerdrone
Part time fulltimer
If you already cook with propane, why not grab a sub $100 Mr. Buddy and done?
Teardropper
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You might visit my write-up on installing a Propex in a teardrop:
http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=72075&p=1271154&hilit=propex+heater+installation#p1271154
It's rather straightforward as long as you have a little bit of room.
Tony
57Cessna172
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Chinese diesel heater all the way. Been using one for 3 years. Works great. Or electric blankets. The blanket I have pulls 7amps. I have 280ah of life batt power. Easy peasy.
check my math, 280 A h = 140 A h usable to be friendly to you battery = 20 hours of run time = 2 nights and a bit.
high-and-dry
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He said life battery probably meaning lifepo4, so 280 ah is usable 280 ah.
Teardropper
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https://www.suremarineservice.com/H...SiZrXmRVRcgnvP7kWrl3Qr5u_C8B61qQx6JJDa75gdBSQ
I think they've got them.
Tony
They are out of stock on them also. Go Westy sells them in a complete kit form with digital thermostat. Sure Marine you have to buy the installation kit separate and it appears comes with a manual thermostat. Go West is out of stock on them also.