How to stay warm with out electricity?
I check the long term weather forecast for our mid-April trip. The first stop at Great Sand Dunes NP in CO is in southern CO but at an elevation of about 8,000 feet. We can expect low temp at night ...
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When we RV camp in cold weather we want to leave our tenting days behind, so we like to keep the RV's nighttime temperature about the same as the nighttime temperature of our stick house - around 65 degrees. No down comforters, sleeping bags, or chilly bathroom trips required.
You might want to consider merely carrying along an additional propane tank or two, plus make sure you have at least two coach batteries to make it through each night and still have some battery power left each morning before you begin recharging them with solar, a generator, or idling of the tow vehicle's engine for awhile.
The above notwithstanding, don't overlook a very important thing to do for cold weather camping so as to be able to keep the propane furnace set at some comfortable nighttime temperture -> make the coach area to be kept warm as small as possible. Use a curtain to block off the part of the coach interior that you want to be kept warm. The part that you block off to keep warm should of course contain your sleeping area(s) and the toilet area, as well as the wall control for the furnace so that the furnace senses only the temperature of this blocked off part you want to keep warm. Doing this will keep you comfy at night, while at the same time minimizing the propane furnace's propane and battery usage.
You might want to consider merely carrying along an additional propane tank or two, plus make sure you have at least two coach batteries to make it through each night and still have some battery power left each morning before you begin recharging them with solar, a generator, or idling of the tow vehicle's engine for awhile.
The above notwithstanding, don't overlook a very important thing to do for cold weather camping so as to be able to keep the propane furnace set at some comfortable nighttime temperture -> make the coach area to be kept warm as small as possible. Use a curtain to block off the part of the coach interior that you want to be kept warm. The part that you block off to keep warm should of course contain your sleeping area(s) and the toilet area, as well as the wall control for the furnace so that the furnace senses only the temperature of this blocked off part you want to keep warm. Doing this will keep you comfy at night, while at the same time minimizing the propane furnace's propane and battery usage.
