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Post by masholnomo on Nov 23, 2019 11:45:51 GMT -5
Hi all,
I am leaving MT to head down to Cottonwood, AZ on 11/ 27 with brand new 5th wheel. . Stopping at Hill AFB, Beaver KOA and Wahweap , Lake Powell for a night each on way down. Rig is winterized and was planning on waiting to fill water in AZ as it is going to be pretty cold on way down.
I have a couple of portable heaters that are 1500 w each I was planning on running them at half gate, 750w each and using the electric fireplace in unit when I hook into shore power at these 3 campgrounds. Does the 5th wheel heater only work with water added(i.e. is it forced hot water or is it hot air)?
Also, would a 50 amp shore power perhaps handle 1 of the heaters at full 1500 w and 1 at 750w?
thanks for any help.
peter
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Post by masholnomo on Nov 23, 2019 11:46:39 GMT -5
my mistake, it is a 2020 318
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Post by jetzen on Nov 23, 2019 13:56:56 GMT -5
The furnace in your unit is a propane fed forced air furnace. It works similar to a forced air home furnace.
I have a Durango Gold G384RLT. I was not pleased with the air flow to the interior registers, too much in the bed bath area, not enough in the kitchen/dinning/living room area and not enough to the heated underbelly.
With a BIG roll of duct tape in hand I proceeded to securely seal.all the metal duct work I could access, cut down the number of runs to the bed/bath area from two to one and take the piggy backed underbelly run and give it is own.
This created more air and hotter air flow to the kitchen/dinning/living area, more air flow to the heated underbelly and just the right amount to the bed/ bath area.
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Post by masholnomo on Nov 23, 2019 15:08:13 GMT -5
thanks jetzen. sounds like I can use the heater with just the propane and shore power until i get tok AZ to fill up the water. I'll definitely keep a watch for the distribution of heat and if I have a problem, your solution sounds like a good one.
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Post by jetzen on Nov 23, 2019 18:05:46 GMT -5
thanks jetzen. sounds like I can use the heater with just the propane and shore power until i get tok AZ to fill up the water. I'll definitely keep a watch for the distribution of heat and if I have a problem, your solution sounds like a good one. Just an fyi, the furnace is 12vDC. It will run on battery power but may drain it rather quickly maybe overnight. |
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Post by Edd505 on Nov 23, 2019 19:34:16 GMT -5
Like Jetzen said use the heater. The answer to can you use the heaters on 50amp, yes the 50 amp would run both 1500's and the fireplace at max heat. You will find that a monthly stay the camp ground will charge for electricity, staying daily & weekly electric is included.
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Post by masholnomo on Nov 24, 2019 18:25:49 GMT -5
thanks. I'm staying at 3 different campgrounds as I make my way to AZ. I will be on shore power at all 3. Want to try to conserve my propane until II get to AZ and then I'm getting a 100 lb tank. I will be in Cottonwood so it can get pretty cold.
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Post by Edd505 on Nov 24, 2019 20:23:01 GMT -5
You will not empty the on board tanks on that trip if they are full when you leave, use the heater to supplement the electric heat. Propane is readily available all along the route and is running about $2.50 a gallon if you did. When traveling I just Google propane near me.
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Post by nvguy on Nov 24, 2019 22:52:32 GMT -5
Here's some quick numbers for you. A gallon of propane has about 91,000 BTUs. You have 14 Ga of propane on board = 1,274,000 available BTU's. Your furnace is 35,000 BTUs per hour. 1,274,000/ 35,000 = 36 hours of continuous furnace operation. Which isn't really something that happens.
As Edd said, running out of propane wont be an issue.
In a previous coach we had, we used half a gallon of propane per day (water heater, cooking, refrigerator, furnace, with night time lows in the 20's
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Post by Edd505 on Nov 25, 2019 19:55:43 GMT -5
Here's some quick numbers for you. A gallon of propane has about 91,000 BTUs. You have 14 Ga of propane on board = 1,274,000 available BTU's. Your furnace is 35,000 BTUs per hour. 1,274,000/ 35,000 = 36 hours of continuous furnace operation. Which isn't really something that happens. As Edd said, running out of propane wont be an issue. In a previous coach we had, we used half a gallon of propane per day (water heater, cooking, refrigerator, furnace, with night time lows in the 20's Want to save propane, keep heat down at night and add an electric blanket. |
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Post by nvguy on Nov 25, 2019 23:14:09 GMT -5
Here's some quick numbers for you. A gallon of propane has about 91,000 BTUs. You have 14 Ga of propane on board = 1,274,000 available BTU's. Your furnace is 35,000 BTUs per hour. 1,274,000/ 35,000 = 36 hours of continuous furnace operation. Which isn't really something that happens. As Edd said, running out of propane wont be an issue. In a previous coach we had, we used half a gallon of propane per day (water heater, cooking, refrigerator, furnace, with night time lows in the 20's Want to save propane, keep heat down at night and add an electric blanket. Yep, these furnaces are not the least bit efficient. |
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Post by Chuck on Dec 1, 2019 11:44:41 GMT -5
I can also add that some of us went to Lowe's or Home Depot an bought floor registers that closed, thus you can close some an opened others to get heat flow where you want such ... Safe Travels  Chuck |
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