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marv


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Good afternoon,
I have a honda generator 10i, which is not suitable for a normal portable heater.
Been looking at a 12 volt heater from ebay, but i have heard that it will drain my battery within a half an hour.
Can some please help me with this.
Marv

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DeBe


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Hi Marv, Had a look on EBAY & only one gave current draw @ 13A @ 12V. I suspect it wont heat up a very large area as it doesnt apear to have mutch output in watts. I use a 240v fan heater in a 12ft van & on 900Watts it only just does the job in freezing temps.  Daryl

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13A @ 12V is 156W.
That is the heat of 2 light globes. Not much.
Battery would nead recharging after about 4 hours.

Cheers,
Peter

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marv


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Many thanks for your replies.
I have decided not to buy a 12 volt heater
kind regards Marv

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jimricho


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marv wrote:

Many thanks for your replies.
I have decided not to buy a 12 volt heater
kind regards Marv


Good decision,

......and welcome to the forum,

Jim

 



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Buy a diesel heater only around $1,600

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