Winter & electric heaters

[Pete Masterson]

When I was researching the toe heaters, I only found the Perfect Toe
and (I memory isn't that clear) perhaps another brand with very
similar specs. I didn't see any as high as 2000 watts.

I can say that the 1000 watts from the Perfect Toe was able to
provide plenty of heat on cool mornings, even in very cool
temperatures (20s and 30s). The volume of air moving is quite
evident. (Our cat likes to sit across from it when it's on.) While we
also have the AquaHot for heat, when in an RV park we prefer to
maximize use of electricity instead of the diesel used for the
AquaHot. At worst, we'd run the AquaHot, to bring up the temperature
of the forward area, then shut it off leaving the single Perfect Toe
under the galley to maintain the temperature -- which it did
reasonably well.

I will say that the fan in the Perfect Toe is noticeable -- it's a
miniature squirrel cage -- and there's plenty of "whooshing" noise
when it is running. (Then, again, the AquaHot unit fan under the
kitchen (next to the Perfect Toe) is pretty noisy, too...)

I'll note that I've not seen many 120 vac electric heaters of any
type much above 1500-1600 watts. Higher wattage units tend to be 230
vac.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
El Sobrante CA
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On Aug 19, 2007, at 1:57 PM, Ryan Wright wrote:

> Thanks folks for all of the replies to my winter living questions.
> I'll post some follow-ups in that thread, but I wanted to start a new
> one on the electric heaters.
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> My coach has the Fasco model 2450 toe heaters. All three of 'em are
> shot as far as I'm concerned. They produce heat but the blowers are
> weak and very noisy. Lots of buzzing and very little air movement. I'd
> like to replace all three, but I'm not finding them for sale. In other
> brands, I'm not finding anything with 2000 watts @ 120 volt like
> these.
>
> Are these still for sale anywhere, or is there a cross reference? The
> PerfectToe heaters mentioned might work, but they're half the wattage
> and smaller in size so I'd have to rig up some framing and that
> doesn't sound like fun.
>
> Thanks for any advice! At least my propane heaters all work fine, so I
> won't be SOL if I don't get these electrics replaced, but I'd rather
> not be driving out to buy propane every week if I can help it.
>
> -Ryan
> '86 PT-40 8V92
> Tri-Cities, WA
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