Baseboard heat?

We have them as supplemental heat. One in each bedroom and one in the bathroom. We don't use our camp as much in the winter as we do in the summer and fall so cost wise is tough to judge.

Our main source of heat is a vented propane fireplace.

Nice looking table!

While I agree w/ most of the posts, I'm still glad we installed the baseboards. We have one 8' 220v in the main room [original cabin & the least insulated] and two 4' 220v units in the bedroom which is insulated.

I turn the heat on and promptly build a wood fire to warm up the interior furnishings. The less than air tight Franklin Stove works fine to warm things up and keep things quite warm as long as you keep feeding it.

Waking up the next morning and the whole camo is still 60 degrees although the main rooms uninsulated floor means you need slippers to walk around while making breakfast & coffee.

The only time we exceeded the 'minimum' bill for a recreational cabin was when dad's cousin came down from Maine and stayed around for 4 weeks. His kids used to go up and make thanksgiving dinner [electric stove] and he would leave the heat on after deer season while he spent a few days w/ his kids b/4 packing up to go back.

I do leave it on when I come home mid week and plan to go back Friday night to hunt Saturdays.

Walking into a 60 degree camp beats walking into one that was allowed to cool off. Unheated it is usually within 1 degree of the outside temp.

Can't beat the wood stove to dry the dampness out of your pillows b/4 bed.

Compared to hauling Kero and/or re-filling the propane bottle and still obtain firewood; I'll stick w/ my baseboards.

My cousin & her husband reciently purchased a SFL lease camp near mine. The place was tiny [450sq ft] and only contained a wood stove.

In order to get insurance they installed (2) 110v 4' baseboards...

We installed our wood stove long b/4 the old vented propane heater rusted to the point where we did not trust it. The 100# tank that was stolen still lays up in the woods 3/4ths of the way to the nearest development where it was left, must have been too much for them to carry further.

Dad considered a Mobile home oil burner until we all balked about going back to hauling Kero up to fill the tank and a friend reccomended trying the baseboards instead of going "backwards". he worked in an electric supply place and we got his discount on the baseboards.

Yeah it did start a contest to see how much the wood stove could keep the electric heat off.

One of dad's buds was a WWII vet who's feet were frost bit during the battle of the bulge. He was the best fireman! every time his feet felt a draft on the floor he would jump up and feed the stove.

These days I will light a fire to dry the place out & toast my pillows b/4 I let it burn out if it is warm enough outside. That solved the dry sinuses!

My electric service in the Poconos may be better than up in the North Central part of the state

Used to be a problem with outtages at camp, but it's been far more reliable in the past 8 years or so. Because Tri-County REC declared war on trees and tree limbs on their ROWs and had crews out clearing them over a long period of time.

Watched some of them work, the summer they spent near camp. Big machines that did the work of a half dozen men and left nothing behind but wood chips. Gave 'em permission to widen their ROW through part of my woods and they also flattened the brush under their wires there.

Actually had more outtages here at home last year, than they did up at camp. We lost the transformer one night for our neighborhood, couple accidents involving poles and two area-wide outtages due to equipment failure, one was for over 12 hours.

Called my cousin that lives across the valley from camp last year, when we had severe winds and were without power at home for several hours. He said their lights flickered a few times, but they never lost power like we did.

He told me I might wanta move up there?