Finally, an RV Manufacturer that gets it
Periodically I take a look at the Jayco website to see what is new. They are now pushing their JRide capability which is a series of suspension improvements to improve the ride. For the first that I...
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Good points above regarding both the propane furnace fan and heating pads taking battery power!
Barring a large enough battery bank to handle both of those heavy power needs every 24 hours - and given we're talking about drycamping ... which in many drycamp sites means no generator restrictions - in really cold temps I'd merely run our small Honda generator most of the night, too. We have an ultra-quiet 650 watt four-stroke Honda that would handle both power draws just fine via the RV's built-in converter. Our propane furnace has ducted vents throughout the RV and the plastic 3 inch (warm when the furnace runs) duct piping passes through all of the interior water plumbing cavities so as to keep the fresh water tank and pipes from freezing.
Barring a large enough battery bank to handle both of those heavy power needs every 24 hours - and given we're talking about drycamping ... which in many drycamp sites means no generator restrictions - in really cold temps I'd merely run our small Honda generator most of the night, too. We have an ultra-quiet 650 watt four-stroke Honda that would handle both power draws just fine via the RV's built-in converter. Our propane furnace has ducted vents throughout the RV and the plastic 3 inch (warm when the furnace runs) duct piping passes through all of the interior water plumbing cavities so as to keep the fresh water tank and pipes from freezing.
