busterbrown Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Hi Guys i have a Bailey Pagaent i want to replace the gasfire with a electric one can this be done and is the a special sort of electric fire to put in and who would sell these hope someone can help :-S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 I'm uncertain what sort of electric fire you have in mind. If you GOOGLE on "caravan electric fire" (omitting the quotes), you'll retrieve a number of references. For example http://tinyurl.com/ka2str4 http://tinyurl.com/ky9dsrm http://tinyurl.com/m9mqlpr Some of these heating appliances will have been aimed at static caravans not towed ones, but I guess an appropriately sized fire could be installed in your Pageant. If your present gas fire has 230V 2kW capability, installing a similar output electric-only fire should be straightforward. If your present fire has no 230V capability, or you want to fit an electric fire with a really powerful output (say 3kW), a suitably robust wiring system would need to be installed or the existing system would need upgrading. As far as I'm aware, no sort of 'special' 230V-only fire is marketed specifically for towed caravans that would be a realistic replacement for the traditional caravan gas fire. The reasons for this being so should be plain as, if a caravan were pitched where no mains electricity supply were available (or the mains supply were low amperage), an electric-only heater would be unusable/inadequate. That's why the traditional fire for a towed caravan is gas-fuelled (so usable anywhere) with a 230V option that can be employed when a mains power-supply is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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