Okay okay, I know it has been forever since I posted but I have been busy, lol, travelling 10,000 miles in the past 7 months and dealing with one automotive crisis after another automotive crisis!! I am now in New Orleans for the next week, en route to Texas for a month and am taking stock :) and catching up.

I have a question I do not recall seeing discussed before. In the last three states, the CG's I stopped in had signs prominently displayed that warned that electric heaters were strictly taboo. Why is that, does anyone know? I thought maybe it was that they thought space heaters might spark propane leaks but, quite frankly, it makes very little sense to me to see those rules in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi, rather than in the colder places I have been like the Atlantic provinces or the plains in early spring where my space heaters saved me lotsa dough on propane. And what about other appliances like electric blankets or even electric water heaters?

Any ideas and do you all follow that rule? Thanks in advance.

jan

Hi Jan! I'd totally agree with Trudy - but I'd also add that if a CG has an old electrical system they may feel that the draw of multiple heaters would create a brown out and damage someone's system, and they would end up being liable. So - 'no heaters' solves two issues.

I don't think I have ever seen a sign about using electric heaters but I have seen places that wanted extra money for running air conditioners. I would ask why. They would probably say it is a safety issue but I bet it is a money issue for them. I have a heat strip in my air conditioner. Wonder what their take is on that.

I have used electric heaters for years without any problem but I know someone who had one catch on fire last year. It was the same brand I have used but it came from Wal-Mart. It is my opinion that some products that are sold at Wal-Mart are made especially for Wal-Mart and they cut the cost by cutting the quality.

You will pass near my house on the way to Texas but I am leaving Thrusday for the Texas GTG. If I make it back before you pass you are welcome to stay here. I have hookups and you can run your electric heater. lol

Martha

Jan so good to see you about

having never seen the signs mentioned don't know but I would think it is as Trudy said money issue as well as what Kerry said the wires not stronge enough so a safety issue as well

I think some campgrounds do that charge for this and that till it cost as much or more than the orginal amount...

Have heard of your issues....other than that has it been good? pictures taken? friends found? and just done what you pretty much expected?

sheila

Jan, I know what you mean about touring alone. There are places I would stop if someone was with me but seldom stop if I'm alone. My friends and I use to go to New Orleans several times a year before Katrina and Rita but have not been since. Enjoy NO, it's a unique place.

Martha