Trailer Heat

[hang-on]

This may be a stupid question but has anybody used a form of electric heat in their enclosed trailer? Just thinking that if you have a generator you could run the heat and not have to carry propane tanks.

 

[Mafesto]

Converting fuel to heat is extremely efficient.

Converting fuel to electricity and then converting that electricity into heat is not very efficient.

Result; you would burn considerably more dollars worth of fuel using a generator w/elec heat.

 

[lost]

You would need a fairly large output generator to run electric heat in a trailer. A 2000 watt generator is only going to run a 1500 watt heater and that isn't going to heat your trailer up much if it's cold outside. I tried that and it just doesn't work like a forced air rv furnace. I'm sure with a large enough generator and several heaters you would warm the trailer up.
Just my opinion.

 

[hang-on]

Thanks for the info. Makes sense.