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only one vent. wow I have never seen that before. does it have more windows than a normal trailer?
Not really. We wish. We had a bigger window on the entry side in the kitchen. The bunkroom had huge windows all around on 3 sides, and the bump out in the kitchen/dining area has a ton of glass. Wish I had one skylight in the kitchen though.
it’s no issue, because it’s more watertight, one less thing to leave open by mistake, better insulation, and we are never inside anyways hahaha.
ya I have never had anything with fewer than three vents my 10 foot truck camper has 3, my old 28 foot trailer had three plus the ac, and my 5th wheel has 4 plus the ac. I actualy like them as it helps to get rid of the hot air and moisture faster in the summer, but in the winter I stuff them with the pillow type insulators anyways. what I have never liked though is thoes cheep bathroom vents they use. just a small fan in the corner of a big screen. upgrading thoes in the bathroom is the best thing a guy can do.
I am like you when I have the camper, spoend 99% of the time outside, the 5th wheel is different, depending what we are doing and what the weather is like,we can spend most of the time outside or a good chunk inside.
I can see the point of maintanence reduction though in not having one. I have never been afraid to screw solar panels or anything into the roof though, proper sealant type and amounts make a pretty impervious seal. I find most of the issues on newer rv's are from the factories missing something or not doing somthing good enough under the sealant so it cracks the sealant over time.. older rv's a lot is just lack of maintenance, and most of that is people just don't know what is required or are not physicaly capable of doing it and it costs so much to take it to a rv place.
I always thought an amazing buisness opertunity for tean agers would be to learn about sealing up and maintaining the outside of rv's and open up a small business charging maybe 20 bucks an hour plus materials. that would make sealant inspection and fixes very afordable for people who can't do it them self. they could even expand into polishing and detailing if they can keep the labour low they will make money hand over fist.
Yeah the 20$ an hour would be Bette rehab Camping Worlds 195$ lol
as for hot air and moisture, we have a seasonal site at a lake. It’s wasteful to do it, but I leave my a/c set at like 78 when we leave for the week in the summer.
I installed an electric fireplace too. The propane heating systems emit WAY too much moisture inside. It’s gross
if its a normal propane furnace it doesnt put any extra moisture into the rv, it just moves around the moisture thats already in there from cooking and breathing. a normal propane furnace is sealed combustion so none of the compustion products enter the rv, unless you have a leak in the combustion side of the furnace, but then you have bigger issues to worry about.
if you look outside there are two openings, the intake brings "combustion air" in to the combustion chamber where it is mixed with propane and ignighted, from there it transfers some of its heat to the heat exhanger which warmes up the interior air which is recirulated through the rv. when some of the heat is removed from the combustion air, it is sent out the exhaust. thats where you will get your moisture, outside the rv.
anything you see on the inside is due to older rv's having lousy insulation, and both older and newer ones having single pane windoes with alumium frames which transfer the cold from outside easy and condence the moisture from us breathing at night, and cooking and what not through out the day. newer rv's with better insulation, frameless double pane windows and other features reduce the amount of condensation, but the best way is to remove the moisture as good as you can, if you have power you can set a dehumidifyer, I crack my vent in my cabover at night so the moisture goes right out of the bedroom area , and also the bigger the rv the less the issues show up.
that is exactly the nature of the company I used last year in Ontario Canada. They were out of the Kitchener area.
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