Camping freezing night temps...talk to me
Hubby and I prefer boondocking to anything else and we have done a lot of it. We are exploring staying in higher elevations where it would get down lower than our 29+ degree comfort range (mine mostl...
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October is one of my favorite times of year to camp here in Utah, other than the areas where hunting is in full swing. For the most part, in the areas where campgrounds are still open it doesn't tend to get too cold at night that time of year. For the wide assortment of rigs I've owned, I've just used the furnace for heat, setting the thermostat down to 50 or so at night. Don't generally go lower as that has been as low as the thermostat went most of the time, and the class A, TT's and fifth wheel I've owned all had ducted air into the underbelly so this keeps things above freezing down there. Only freezing issue I've ever had even going below zero was a gray tank line freezing and busting by the dump valve. To this day I'm thankful it was just the gray line.
Solar can be nice, but it's not uncommon in the cooler months of the year to get those gray overcast days to where the frost doesn't even melt off the panels until way after noon. Of course those are the days when you tend to go through more power than normal so you'll want a generator even if you have solar. My current rig is the first one I've put more than two batteries in, so I can safely say the furnace shouldn't run your batteries down overnight with just a couple batteries if you keep the thermostat down low and have a reasonable state of charge on the batteries when you turn in for the night.
Solar can be nice, but it's not uncommon in the cooler months of the year to get those gray overcast days to where the frost doesn't even melt off the panels until way after noon. Of course those are the days when you tend to go through more power than normal so you'll want a generator even if you have solar. My current rig is the first one I've put more than two batteries in, so I can safely say the furnace shouldn't run your batteries down overnight with just a couple batteries if you keep the thermostat down low and have a reasonable state of charge on the batteries when you turn in for the night.
