Bill.Satellite wrote:
Assuming the outside vent is hooked up properly, the cold outside air would really go to the inside of your dryer and a small amount of that would permeate into the area behind. We have been full timing since 1997 in all kinds of weather including last January which was spent in CO with even temps near and below 0. We do keep the heat to be bays going and the interior heat goes to all open areas including the space behind the washer.
The only time I did have an issue with really, really cold weather was a few years back when the cold air entered the outside access to my refrigerator. The fridge has an ice maker and that line is completely "out there" in that cold opening. The line froze and split. There is a separate shut off for that water line which solve the problem until I could repair the line (but I had no ice). You might want to look at this setup in your coach but otherwise, I really can't think of anything that will cause you issues as long as you keep the heat running. Just remember that the only time you might have issues is when the temps really drop. If you have temps in the high 20's / low 30's you would have temps above freezing in your bays with only the slightest amount of heat in those areas.
The vent was just upgraded from a cheap HomeDepot house vent to a true RV vent is drier vent hose it tightly clamped to the neck on the vent. When I was in the access area I was concerned about cold because there was no insulation between the metal access plate and the water lines for the washer/drier other than air. The washer/drier is fully enclosed in a cabinet so I am not sure how much heat gets to the rear of the drier. I would call Fleetwood, but the current owners were not the owners when this coach was built. Our ice maker is a stand alone unit in a cabinet below a set of draws across the isle form the refrigerate/freezer.
