We drove over through the park coming out of Cody to West Yellowstone yesterday morning. Had a great ride with hardly anyone on the roads until we got west of Fishing Bridge {which is currently closed}. We had some fairly heavy snow for about 30 minutes when we were above 7,000' but it turned to rain below that.This morning the temps are in the low 30's and forecast to be mid to low 20's tomorrow with some heavy rain/snow coming in around noon. Today will be a stay put day with our 35K BTU furnace cranking out the heat, set at 65 it kicks on for about ten minutes every hour or so. The tank heaters are on and we have full hook ups here at the Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park which is very nice and just a mile or so from the west entrance to the park.Looks like the Indian will remain snug in the cargo trailer until Wednesday when hopefully it will be warm and dry enough to enjoy exploring the park. Tomorrow we will drive the coach over, probably will need to top up the propane by then anyway.Yellowstone is everything I imagined and more and we are looking forward to Grand Teton this weekend.:B

Wish we were there....Enjoy your trip!

"set at 65 it kicks on for about ten minutes every hour or so."That's pretty good insulation IMO.

Desert Captain wrote:We drove over through the park coming out of Cody to West Yellowstone yesterday morning. Had a great ride with hardly anyone on the roads until we got west of Fishing Bridge {which is currently closed}. We had some fairly heavy snow for about 30 minutes when we were above 7,000' but it turned to rain below that.This morning the temps are in the low 30's and forecast to be mid to low 20's tomorrow with some heavy rain/snow coming in around noon. Today will be a stay put day with our 35K BTU furnace cranking out the heat, set at 65 it kicks on for about ten minutes every hour or so. The tank heaters are on and we have full hook ups here at the Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park which is very nice and just a mile or so from the west entrance to the park.Looks like the Indian will remain snug in the cargo trailer until Wednesday when hopefully it will be warm and dry enough to enjoy exploring the park. Tomorrow we will drive the coach over, probably will need to top up the propane by then anyway.Yellowstone is everything I imagined and more and we are looking forward to Grand Teton this weekend.:BI notice that you're using your Class C's furnace even though you're on full hookups?(FWIW, we have an outstanding Holmes tower-quartz infrared electric heater we can bring along that would probably keep us toasty without having to use up our propane for coach heat when on full hookups.)Also, I'm curious ... we have 12V electric tank heaters in our Class C, too. The coach batteries can power them when drycamping and the converter can power them when on hookups. How do you tell if the tank heaters are operating?

Lwiddis wrote:"set at 65 it kicks on for about ten minutes every hour or so."That's pretty good insulation IMO.That's how Nexus builds them. When building the walls they use Azdel, lots of foam and multiple layers that are all vacuum bonded then the openings for the windows etc., get cut in. Clearly a 35K BTU furnace is overkill for a 24' coach but with four duct openings down low scattered throughout the coach it is efficient in that it simple does not have to run much which saves on the squirrel cage fan DC consumption when we are off of the grid {about 70% of the time}.It is about 34 outside with a light snowfall and not much wind. This is one of the few times I have ever bothered to turn the tank heaters on. The switch lights up so I know it has power. They don't need to provide much warmth to get the job done and I see the DC consumption climb when they are activated so have to assume they are functioning.As far as electrical heat I have a small unit that works well, I tested it before this trip and then left it on my workbench at home.:S

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pnichols
Explorer II
Jun 08, 2020
Desert Captain wrote:
We drove over through the park coming out of Cody to West Yellowstone yesterday morning. Had a great ride with hardly anyone on the roads until we got west of Fishing Bridge {which is currently closed}. We had some fairly heavy snow for about 30 minutes when we were above 7,000' but it turned to rain below that.

This morning the temps are in the low 30's and forecast to be mid to low 20's tomorrow with some heavy rain/snow coming in around noon. Today will be a stay put day with our 35K BTU furnace cranking out the heat, set at 65 it kicks on for about ten minutes every hour or so. The tank heaters are on and we have full hook ups here at the Yellowstone Grizzly RV Park which is very nice and just a mile or so from the west entrance to the park.

Looks like the Indian will remain snug in the cargo trailer until Wednesday when hopefully it will be warm and dry enough to enjoy exploring the park. Tomorrow we will drive the coach over, probably will need to top up the propane by then anyway.

Yellowstone is everything I imagined and more and we are looking forward to Grand Teton this weekend.

:B

I notice that you're using your Class C's furnace even though you're on full hookups?

(FWIW, we have an outstanding Holmes tower-quartz infrared electric heater we can bring along that would probably keep us toasty without having to use up our propane for coach heat when on full hookups.)

Also, I'm curious ... we have 12V electric tank heaters in our Class C, too. The coach batteries can power them when drycamping and the converter can power them when on hookups. How do you tell if the tank heaters are operating?
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Jun 08, 2020
"set at 65 it kicks on for about ten minutes every hour or so."

That's pretty good insulation IMO.
Grit_dog
Navigator
Jun 08, 2020
Wish we were there....
Enjoy your trip!

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