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pnichols
Feb 06, 2014Explorer II
vikrv wrote:
The Regency C does not use heating pads at all, it has enclosed and insulated tanks, as well as enclosed fill and dump valves, that are heated by the propane furnace, and by the engine while driving.
That is not the optimum cold weather design to use.
With that design, if one happens to be camped in the extreme cold with full power hookups you're only coach heating choice would be to use the propane furnace to heat with instead of with electric so that warm air can get forced into the tank areas.
The best setup would be: EITHER propane furnace tank heating plus electric tank heating pads so one has a choice to not use propane and still not have tanks freeze .... OR propane furnace tank heating with built-in electric heater boost into the propane furnace fan and duct system so that the furnace burner could be turned off but still get electrically heated air to the tanks via the existing furnace fan and ducting system.
Our rig has something in between for use when on hookups in freezing weather with only electric heating pads for the tanks - but giving the choice of using the propane furnace for coach heating or portable electric heaters for coach heating.
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