Posted 2013-03-03 9:03 AM (#150319) Subject: Heat Options for LQ
Veteran
Posts: 112 Location: Bow, NH
Does anyone have any ideas on how to SAFELY heat a small LQ that does not have a furnace when no electricity is available? My small LQ relies on the heat strip in the AC unit or a small electric space heater for heat. Neither of these options are very good when electricity is not available. I had horse emergencies twice last week on very cold nights during which having a warm LQ would have been nice. Are there any small propane heaters, like a tent heater or something, that would be safe to use? I'd like to be warm but not end up dead...Thanks!!
Posted 2013-03-03 9:32 AM (#150320 - in reply to #150319) Subject: RE: Heat Options for LQ
if you use a buddy heater or something like, make sure to leave a window open, plus make sure nothing close by to catch fire, could you install a small propane furnace? They only take 12volt to run, simple to install, do a web search on the atwood 7900, I saw on the web of people even installing them in cars-vans.
Posted 2013-03-03 10:08 AM (#150321 - in reply to #150319) Subject: RE: Heat Options for LQ
Regular
Posts: 79 Location: Alberta Canada
Regardless of the type of heat you use in your trailer, your should always use a Carbon Monoxide detector. They are cheap to buy, easy to use/install, similar installation as a smoke detector and available at most hardware stores. How much is your life worth????? 40 to 60 dollars.. ?????
Posted 2013-03-03 11:51 AM (#150324 - in reply to #150319) Subject: RE: Heat Options for LQ
freinds fired there buddy heater up before they went into bed no window open, walked into the trailer with a kerosene lantern it went out, they wondered what the-?- they quickly opened a window, you would think the imported low oxygen sensor on them would shut the old buddy down??
Posted 2013-03-03 1:47 PM (#150332 - in reply to #150319) Subject: RE: Heat Options for LQ
Expert
Posts: 5870 Location: western PA
Basically, any open flame, non vented heater, puts you and yours at risk. A partially opened window doesn't ensure a healthy air mixture, and depending your lives solely upon a $40 warning devise is not without risks.
A properly installed, externally vented heater designed specifically for RV applications, is the only way I would trust such an appliance. There have been several postings within this forum, of entire families found deceased in the mornings from CO poisoning. If the trailer is used often, the furnace installation can be amortized over several years, and the cost per usage will be quite nominal.
Think long and hard about quick, inexpensive "fixes", and then decide what is best for you and you family.
Posted 2013-03-03 6:11 PM (#150341 - in reply to #150319) Subject: RE: Heat Options for LQ
Veteran
Posts: 112 Location: Bow, NH
Thanks everyone for the input. Gard, as usual, you offer impressive advice. The trailer has an actual LQ so the carbon monoxide sensor is already present and works. The folks who did the conversion are fairly local and I am going to call them to see if a small furnace can be added somewhere. In the meantime I might get a small propane heater to only take the chill off before bed and after waking up. I will NOT run anything unvented while I am actually asleep.
Heat Options for LQ
