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Old 03-25-2013, 12:16 PM   #14
RickW
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Wylie
Posts: 532
M.O.C. #9139
We have found the Arctic Package will keep you comfortable. In most cases once we get the temp to a comfortable level with the furnace, the fire place and a 9"x9" ceramic heater can keep the living area of the rig very comfortable with the furnace set to 70* and only having to kick over for a few minutes about once an hour to every hour and half. If we run the same size ceramic heater in the bed room with the furnace @ 70*, well the bedroom turns in to a sweat box .....

At night we kick the furnace down to 55*~60* with the ceramic heater set on it lowest setting in the bedroom on the dresser. Very comfortable with no extra blankets needed even down in to the lower 20s/upper teens. In the morning kick the furnace back up to 70* and the whole trailer is toasty warm in a few short minutes.

The furnace with the arctic package will do it but will use a lot of propane. The ceramic heater(s) make a huge difference. Even overnighting in a parking lot it will cost less to power the generator and run the ceramic heater than to have the propane furnace try to do it all. With night time lows in lower 30s/Upper 20s we will use 60# propane a week. With the use of propane & ceramic heaters we use on average around 10#~12# of propane a week in the same conditions.
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