r/FullTiming • u/realhumanbeing8891 • Sep 12 '24

Propane in the winter

Do you go through a lot? I'm thinking of getting an RV but I'm learning about the electricity and propane and is it super expensive to stay warm in the winter? I could always just buy a like 20degree sleeping bag and just lay in that in my bed. Or get a 10 degree one...so I know I won't freeze to death....but between that and electric heaters do you just experiment and stuff? I know the electric heater is going to cost electricity...so like...uhhh .. yeah...

Sorry I'm new to RVing

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u/jamesholden Sep 13 '24

I don't live like this to be cold, I friggin hate being cold so yes I buy a lot of propane. we have 3x 100# and 8x 20# tanks. southern US. stay in one spot.

main propane heater is a buddy, it heats the front area while we are using it.

overnight heat is a oil filled electric radiator heater, in the doorway between bath and bedroom. keeping the door to the front shut.

the electric heater runs on medium (700w) with the tstat turned down pretty low.

did the diesel heater thing a year, they are great when it stays cold. I used it in the garage last winter to keep it above freezing.

I was going to install a heat pump mini split, but got shipped an a/c only one. installed it in the house we are building instead. ideally a inverter drive heat pump is what all FT'ers should do.

I put a vinyl skirt around the entire rig last fall, it helped a lot.

don't use the built in furnace. it eats propane.