Finally, an RV Manufacturer that gets it

I'd think most people truly dry camping expect at minimum a battery upgrade and or dual battery setup.

vikrv wrote:
Don't forget, your furnace is running too, drawing 8-9 amps. Many folks are concerned about having enough battery capacity to run their furnace all night during a cold night, and to add tank heaters on top of that dry camping? Sure, just below freezing not an issue, but at 20F another story.

I'm a new RV owner (2011 Jayco Greyhawk) so please don't laugh at me but isn't the furnace also fueled by LP gas.

Don't forget, your furnace is running too, drawing 8-9 amps. Many folks are concerned about having enough battery capacity to run their furnace all night during a cold night, and to add tank heaters on top of that dry camping? Sure, just below freezing not an issue, but at 20F another story.

vikrv wrote:
The MH just have 12V tank heater pads which won't help dry camping.

Why can't 12V grey/black tank heating pads be used when drycamping? That's what the 12V version of tank heating pads are intended for ... you just have to have enough battery capacity plus generator capability to make it through each 24 hour day.

For starters, even though the 12V heating pads draw 7-8 amps when cycled ON, they of course are not turned on all the time during their thermostatically controlled automatic cycling. So, for example, about 200 amp hours of deep cycle RV battery capacity (using only one-half of it for a total of 100 amp hours per day) should easily handle the heating pads throughout each cold night. The heated water up against each emptying valve should also keep the tank emptying valves from freezing. Then just use the generator each day as required to both power the heating pads during the day plus charge the batteries back up for the next night.

By the way, IMHO one should never try drycamping in cold temperatures in an RV without good generator capability along and without fresh water tanks and plumbing being fully contained within the heated interior of the RV.

Yeah that Eagle has some good cold weather performance at 0F:



Now if they would carry that performance into their motorhomes. The MH just have 12V tank heater pads which won't help dry camping.

Jayco does a good job staying current in the market - at least on their towable in 2013+ they stopped offering a Glacier package and now call it Climate Shield. The name change seems minor but it's a nod to "all weather" camping including hot climates. The changes no include better thermal protection and duct protection both in the floor and ceiling.