Thinking ahead to winter insulation
We'd like to use our Monaco this winter. It gets to -40 here occasionally and Id like to keep some water in the tanks and use at least the shower and sinks. So my options are insulating under the b...
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Last year, I tried to do that for no particular reason. I seem to have lost my sig, but my rig is an 08 Knight.
She was parked in a campground, plugged into 50 amp power.
I rented a 100 pound propane tank, filled it twice at $250 each.
I put a 100 watt light bulb behind the fridge, it kept burning out, fridge water and icemaker were froze most of the winter no damage.
Also put a light bulb in the bay where my whole house filter is, bulb burned out, filter housing froze and exploded.
Also put a light bulb in the compartment where the ends of the tanks are. It burned out a few times.
Kept the standard system heater on in the wet bay, put a light bulb in there too. the light bulb burned out.
At one point, I bought 3 1500 watt ceramic heaters (one in the wet bay, one on the other side where the tanks are, one where the filter is)
And of course the furnaces were on at 45 degrees all winter.
All in all, it cost me a grand to keep the coach at 45 degrees for no reason, I could never talk the wife into camping in the winter.
Next winter we hope to go south.
She was parked in a campground, plugged into 50 amp power.
I rented a 100 pound propane tank, filled it twice at $250 each.
I put a 100 watt light bulb behind the fridge, it kept burning out, fridge water and icemaker were froze most of the winter no damage.
Also put a light bulb in the bay where my whole house filter is, bulb burned out, filter housing froze and exploded.
Also put a light bulb in the compartment where the ends of the tanks are. It burned out a few times.
Kept the standard system heater on in the wet bay, put a light bulb in there too. the light bulb burned out.
At one point, I bought 3 1500 watt ceramic heaters (one in the wet bay, one on the other side where the tanks are, one where the filter is)
And of course the furnaces were on at 45 degrees all winter.
All in all, it cost me a grand to keep the coach at 45 degrees for no reason, I could never talk the wife into camping in the winter.
Next winter we hope to go south.
