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Old 10-29-2019, 05:44 AM   #1
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2017 Seneca 37TS Wet bay electric heater

Currently in the mammoth cave area and the temps on Thursday and Friday nights are suppose to be going down to 26 or 27 degrees so I want to put some heat in my wet bay .
For those that have done this, what size heater(watts) should I be looking for. Will a 250W "personal" heater work or should I go for 750W or 1500W. This will probably be a one time use as we don't normally camp when it is going below freezing
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Old 10-29-2019, 06:12 AM   #2
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I used the 250 personal heater all the time and had it on one of these. That way it only ran if the temp went below 38 and turned off at 50. Usually Home Depot, Lowes and ACE have them too.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Easy-Heat...BoCYU4QAvD_BwE
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Old 10-29-2019, 08:48 AM   #3
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I have been using an Xtreme boat engine compartment heater in our boat for about 7 years. Got to thinking this would be a great application for the RV and put one in last year. Works great. It is designed to come on around 40 degrees and does not take up much room. You can mount it on its side. Since it is designed to use in a engine compartment i don't worry about being in a small compartment. xtremeheaters.com
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We purchased 1500W heaters that have three heat settings. The low setting is about 300W and is perfect for the small compartments. When it gets really cold (+5F) we can turn them on the mid setting and they keep the wet bay all the way across the coach in the 50's.

It was 27F here this morning!
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Old 11-02-2019, 05:49 PM   #5
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[QUOTE=Grumpy;805797]I used the 250 personal heater all the time and had it on one of these. That way it only ran if the temp went below 38 and turned off at 50. Usually Home Depot, Lowes and ACE have them too.

Worked like a charm
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