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Subject:Re: 12volt electric heaters
Date:Wed, 8 Feb 1995 12:17:48 -0600

>Dan Houg wrote:

This was addressed earlier but it bears repeating.
>
>Those nice 110v ceramic heaters crank out 1500watts of heat,
>equivalent to, i think, 5200 BTU.  To achieve the same heat output at
>12v would require, in terms of amperage,  1500watt/12v= 125amps.
>That's ALOT of juice folks.  Electric heaters from a 12v system are
>not practical in an automobile context.
>
>sorry to burst the proverbial bubble...

Well, waaaahhhhh!  (Explains it all too well, don't he?  ;)

Mike Wright
Ackworth, Iowa
68 Camper; 79 Bus
wright@storm.simpson.edu