This is Michbill. We have a 2009 Monaco Dynasty Regal IV. We have three questions that are related:1. As a result of a family emergency, we will have to spend the fall/winter in the mountains of NC. I am looking for suggestions to help keep the coach warm, safe and damage free. We are on a cement pad next to a home. We have 50 amp service, and we have water until it starts to freeze. I have heat tape and pipe insulation for the hose but not sure it will do the job. 2. Is it possible to tap into the coach camera system and use it as a security system transmitting the images to my cell phone? 3. Does anyone know where the fluid reservoir for the HWH room slides is located? Also, how do I check the levels? What fluid is used in this system?Thank you all.Bill

#1 I don't know the answer but knowing what area you will be staying and how cold it gets would help#2 Probably not the coach camera but they do make home alarm systems that may work#3 don't know Probably some kind of electric screw drive, or if it is hydraulic it probably uses the same stuff that is used in hydraulic jacks. These are just guesses and the answers can depend on the manufacturer of your coach. Maybe someone with a 2009 Monaco Dynasty will know the answer.

1) You shouldn't have to do any extraordinary things to spend the winter. The coach is capable as it is. Make sure you crack the ceiling vents once in awhile as moisture can be a problem when it is closed up in cold conditions. A heat tape wrapped around the water hose and encased in foam insulation will enable you to use the water all winter. Watch out with your sewer though, you may want to let the tanks fill then dump if it below freezing.2) Are you in a security challenged area?3) It is probably under the entry steps. ATF

To answer #3, WIlliam B. is correct. If your 2009 Dynasty is like our 2008 Monaco Dynasty, we had the Slide Reservoir under the entry steps. You lift up the lid on the step storage and unscrew the screws around the plastic bin (lots of screws) and lift it out.You will see the pump and hydraulic lines right there. This pump is just like the level-legs pump in the generator bay.Good luck,MM.

How cold does it get in the NC mountains???? 32 degrees last night! 16 Oct

You need to fill your water tank when it's not way below freezing and then drain the hose and put it away using your 12V pump. Dump both of your tanks when it's not freezing and support the sewer line so it drains the waste out... no reason to store it if it does not hold water. When it's below 25 you need to run the Dynasty's heater so it warms your tanks. The rest of the time I'd use electric space heaters so you do not use up your propane and have to take the rig to get more propane. If you have AquaHot then less of a problem as 100 gallons of diesel will go a long time... the last 20 gallons you cannot use. 2. Guess anything is possible, but wifi camera systems are fairly cheap assuming the house has wifi to send the picture to you although I doubt security is an issue plus aren't there people living in the house?3. Agree under the steps and ATF fluid.

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ferndaleflyer
Explorer III
Oct 17, 2015
How cold does it get in the NC mountains???? 32 degrees last night! 16 Oct
Mr_Mark1
Explorer
Oct 17, 2015
To answer #3, WIlliam B. is correct. If your 2009 Dynasty is like our 2008 Monaco Dynasty, we had the Slide Reservoir under the entry steps. You lift up the lid on the step storage and unscrew the screws around the plastic bin (lots of screws) and lift it out.

You will see the pump and hydraulic lines right there. This pump is just like the level-legs pump in the generator bay.

Good luck,
MM.
William_B
Explorer
Oct 17, 2015
1) You shouldn't have to do any extraordinary things to spend the winter. The coach is capable as it is. Make sure you crack the ceiling vents once in awhile as moisture can be a problem when it is closed up in cold conditions. A heat tape wrapped around the water hose and encased in foam insulation will enable you to use the water all winter. Watch out with your sewer though, you may want to let the tanks fill then dump if it below freezing.
2) Are you in a security challenged area?
3) It is probably under the entry steps. ATF
silvercorvette
Explorer
Oct 17, 2015
#1 I don't know the answer but knowing what area you will be staying and how cold it gets would help
#2 Probably not the coach camera but they do make home alarm systems that may work
#3 don't know Probably some kind of electric screw drive, or if it is hydraulic it probably uses the same stuff that is used in hydraulic jacks. These are just guesses and the answers can depend on the manufacturer of your coach. Maybe someone with a 2009 Monaco Dynasty will know the answer.

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