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cody91
Senior Member Joined: 12 Feb 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 184 |
Topic: Electric Heat Posted: 24 Nov 2014 at 8:53am |
JD,
Thanks for the info. Is the HCH4051 a quiet heater? Cody91
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johnmaci
Senior Member Joined: 17 Jun 2014 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 202 |
Posted: 24 Nov 2014 at 9:11am |
I find the Crane to be quieter, but again no thermostat.
So, if the on/off cycling of a thermostat controlled heater will wake you, maybe the Crane would be better (just crack open a window if it gets too warm). |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 24 Nov 2014 at 3:15pm |
We've used 2 of those Holmes heaters for years in our campers. Two in our popup for late October trips since it leaked like a sieve, one in the pod on low.
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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dsmiths
Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866 |
Posted: 24 Nov 2014 at 8:55pm |
Like most on here we discovered the factory furnace did a good job of heating the pod, but during the night the noise woke us up, I guess you could get used to it , but no thank. We bought a Holmes 1500 watt electric heater, it has an adjustable thermostat, blower with or without heat, it has an oscillation setting if you like that function. We have camped when it was down into the mid 20's and the Pod had a hard frost on it in the morning. The Pod stayed a constant 73 and the little heater only came on every 15 minutes or so and was so quiet it did not wake us. We have a 172 and set the heater on the bunk end of the Pod and sleep in the short queen. It keeps the pod toasty. We use it during the day if its cool outside and only use the gas furnace when its cooler and we are setting up to warm up the interior initially.
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Dane and Donna Smith
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cody91
Senior Member Joined: 12 Feb 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 184 |
Posted: 25 Nov 2014 at 9:41pm |
I was looking around at some portable electrical heaters and I noticed there were infrared quartz models like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Lifesmart-Profile-Element-Infrared/dp/B00HLTYAI6/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&qid=1416969597&sr=8-29&keywords=lifesmart+infrared+heater Has anyone had experience with an infrared heater? Thanks.
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Grayotter
Groupie Joined: 06 Aug 2014 Location: Morro Bay Online Status: Offline Posts: 60 |
Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 11:58am |
Seems like the gas furnace contributes more moisture to the inside, whereas an electric heater dries the air out. I'm sure somebody here can explain it better...
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Podster
Senior Member Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 12:19pm |
Hmm, dunno...could it be that the POD Gas System is drawing air form the outside and the electric heaters are drawing air from inside the POD?
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Cliff & Raelynn
Ranger 4.0/178 (1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity) |
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 1:40pm |
Neither affects the moisture levels. Both just recirculate the air inside. The combustion gases from the flame on the furnace are routed entirely outside.
What raises the moisture levels inside if you use either of them, is the liter of water that you exhale and perspire every day. If you forget to crack open a window and the vent, then you have your own personal sauna by morning.
If you use a catalytic heater things are different, since the combustion process produces moisture of its own which is vented inside, but again a cracked-open window and vent solves it. |
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Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ Pod instruction manual
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Podster
Senior Member Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 2:39pm |
When camping, I too always have the vent cracked and often times run the fan on low and also keep a window cracked. I guess that is why I haven't had any moisture issues in the POD. Thanks!
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Cliff & Raelynn
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dsmiths
Senior Member Joined: 10 Oct 2011 Location: Southern Ind Online Status: Offline Posts: 866 |
Posted: 15 Dec 2014 at 9:43pm |
On our first colder weather camp out we did not understand how tight the pod was and when we got up in the morning the inside of the windows were dripping water and running down the walls. Like others have posted we usually leave the shower vent cap cracked and or just barley crack open one window and use the 1500 watt Holmes heater, it cycles on and off and moisture problems are a thing of the past.
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Dane and Donna Smith
2011 RP-172 2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer 4X4 lift kit prodigy wireless brake controller |
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