240v 30 amp heater inside your vehicle? oh yes

by CleanTech Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:30 pm

what a difference from 1500 watt stuff!

I plug the area around the cord with spotter towels

nice and toasty warm in there! -7c outside right now and checking in on the heater for an hour its only turning on twice for a couple min each time.

by Floorguy Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:57 pm

how much is the heater???

did you run it last year???

if so....do you know what the power bill comparison is??

by CleanTech Mon Nov 04, 2013 1:25 pm

they are $60-100 usually

no didnt run it last year because it was in a shop

hard to compare because I re insulated my vehicle as well. r21 on the roof and r13 on the walls and around r10-14 on the floor

I did years ago use that heated inside a 20x24 garage with 2x4 walls( r13) with my old tm

by MikeW Mon Nov 04, 2013 1:39 pm

Wow, whats all that white stuff. Very Happy

by milspec6 Thu Nov 28, 2013 7:49 pm

I have never thought of that despite having one hanging in my garage. That is some serious heat and probably doesn't cost much more than a couple of oil-filled radiator heaters that many of us are using.

Keep us updated on that idea as winter progresses, could be the way to go....moving to Tampa would work better, of course. Rolling Eyes

by ej54 Thu Nov 28, 2013 9:25 pm

MikeW wrote:Wow, whats all that white stuff.

l was thinking the same thing:!:

Cold winter day about 8c (46 f) and no snow, might get a couple of frosts over winter but that's about it.
You can cook your truckmount in summer if you don't have good ventilation.
Hot summers day 44c (111 f). Did have a 47c (116.6 f) a few years back. Luckily on a saturday so l only was working the morning. Hottest day l had ever faced. Half our state caught on fire that day and many people lost their lives. Very sad day.

by OneBlueSummer Fri Nov 29, 2013 11:21 am

milspec6 wrote:moving to Tampa would work better, of course.

I'm with this guy!

I have a electric heater in my van for about a months now.

by CleanTech Fri Nov 29, 2013 11:45 am

I'll take -25 over 111 !!!!!!!!
Cold sucks but that kind of heat, heck no lol

by OneBlueSummer Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:28 pm

Lol Ya I've never been in humid heat either only dry caLivonia and Arizona heat. Az was so hot it melts your windshield wipers! I was still able to go out hiking in the 115 f heat. After a couple weeks it really wasn't that bad. One thing that does suck is not being able to have a garden of any sorts.. learned that the hard way. I suppose an indoor garden would work.
Any who I am sure I would be sweating like crazy in Florida, esp. Doing our job!

by Davey Cracker Fri Nov 29, 2013 7:12 pm

OneBlueSummer wrote:
milspec6 wrote:moving to Tampa would work better, of course.
I'm with this guy!

I have a electric heater in my van for about a months now.

Yea man, cold to us is shorts weather for most of these guys!! lol!

When it gets in the 50's here I'm looking for my thermals, and jacket............and 40's sometimes in the mornings, I have to start my van and run the heater for 10 min before I can get in and drive to a job. laughing