Talk to me about hydronic heating
Good morning everyone. We're shopping for the next coach and the model we like has the option of either conventional furnace or hydronic heating. Those with experience with both, what are your thought...
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Mine has three sources of heat...the engine making for enough hot water for two showers at the end of the day. A single 1500W electric element which is all I use until it gets below 40...no pump needed for the hot water to work. Only the diesel boiler needs other things to work to have hot water.
As for heating I use my heat pumps most of the time, even down to freezing. I do have a 1500W electric heater as a Just in Case. When it's really cold or boondocking for more than a day you need the boiler to work...like last night when it was 30 degrees out parked in the doctors parking lot for a 8 AM appointment. I only heated the back of the coach last night and my batteries went from 12.2V to 12.1V BUT I have plenty of AHs and this included the residential refrigerator.
As for heating I use my heat pumps most of the time, even down to freezing. I do have a 1500W electric heater as a Just in Case. When it's really cold or boondocking for more than a day you need the boiler to work...like last night when it was 30 degrees out parked in the doctors parking lot for a 8 AM appointment. I only heated the back of the coach last night and my batteries went from 12.2V to 12.1V BUT I have plenty of AHs and this included the residential refrigerator.
