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Not sure what you mean by low amp. Was it 6A, 10A or 16A. The electric element is usually 2kW max which is approx 8A. So 10A would be OK if you don't use much else.

Once the fridge and water heater are up to temperature the thermostats switches them on and off as required to maintain temperature. Once the van is up to temperature, the electric heating switches to a lower rating, say from 2kW to 1kW then to 500kW as required to maintain temperature. 

Electric heating is described by manufacturers as supplemental heating only. The vans are designed to reach temperature, in cold weather on gas, which 3kW is much more powerful than electric.

Quote: Originally posted by Rizzo on 21/2/2010

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Would the heating find it difficult to get up to temperature if the hook-up was low amp?  At NY we had no probs, but this weekend at a different site, we barely made 20 degrees

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We sometimes find even on the highest setting that on electric it does struggle sometimes. I suppose if the site was full and lots of other doing the same then there could be some voltage drop. What we sometimes do is to turn the blower off for a while and use the heater just as a convector and when its pumping out real heat we switch the blower back on.

David

Hi

What we tend to do when its really cold is put the heating on gas and give the caravan a blast of very hot air then just use the electric heater to maintain it.

I know it costs more in gas but saves me a lot of ear ache!!!!!!!!!

Trev.