mrxlh
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Just thought I would give props to the broan big heat. Bought one this year after going through a full 30lb bottle of propane on our first trip this spring. In a word, they work really well. I bought 2 for the 4014. The frist 2 weeks of deer season here I only needed to run 1 and was plenty warm. The lows were in the mid 40's at night.
We had rain during the week my Dad came to hunt so we ran 2 during the night to help dry out clothes, but 1 was cusufficient during the day.
What I paid for them would only be 4 bottles for propane, so basiclly 1 hunting season they will be paid for.
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Fishinghat
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I did a google search for the Broan Big Heat and found they are electric space heaters, 1,200 watt or 1,500 watt. As with all electric heaters, you have to have a source of electric power, either from a generator or shore power. All electric heaters are equally efficient, converting 100% of the energy into heat. However, they do differ in how they work, ie, radiant, convection or forced air, and apparently the Broan is a forced air type.
We have two forced air type of a different brand in our coach and they work great. They were a bit cheaper at Wal-Mart at under $10 each.
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skipnchar
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I've been using my "Big Heat" since the early 90s and it's still going strong. Very small and light weight though a bit noisy. It's as good as any of the 1500 watt electrics out there and certainly lasts longer than most.
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nayther
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I have a cheap walmart 1k heater, heats my trailer just fine when I have hookup but it is a bit noisy, not any worse than the furnace though. just wish it had a constant fan option so it doesn't wake me up when it cycles.
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The smaller Edenpur is all you need to heat any hauler regardless of size.
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BobWanderer
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nayther wrote:I have a cheap walmart 1k heater, heats my trailer just fine when I have hookup but it is a bit noisy, not any worse than the furnace though. just wish it had a constant fan option so it doesn't wake me up when it cycles.
Got a 1500W Wal Mart unit, works well enough. I don't run the Onan at night since its right under the bed. I can run the Honda, but it runs out of gas around the 4 hour mark. Plugged into power it works well enough we don't need the furnace. The fan runs all the time and is a little noisy, but far less than the furnace. It also has a 'tip over" shutoff.
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reno82
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Anybody ever do the math on which is cheaper if you have to pay for electricity? Our winter site charges for electricity so I normally just run the FA, it's quicker and doesn't come on often. I do have an electric heater with fan, but it seems to stay on longer to keep the tempreture right.
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nayther
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reno82 wrote:Anybody ever do the math on which is cheaper if you have to pay for electricity? Our winter site charges for electricity so I normally just run the FA, it's quicker and doesn't come on often. I do have an electric heater with fan, but it seems to stay on longer to keep the tempreture right.
Empirically speaking the gas is cheaper BTU to BTU, just more efficient and I'm sure they get you pretty good on the electrical usage.
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I run my Sun Twin I use at home heats 1000 sqft at 30.00 dollars a month
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MadMav
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Holy cow, you used 30lbs of propane on one trip!
I get a whole year out of 60lbs. Thats, running the heat to keep the hauler at 68 degrees. And some nights we camp down into the 20s. But most times we don't go out until it's above freezing.
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