valhalla360 wrote:
StirCrazy wrote:
I'll rephrase that and add in "most of canada". growing up in alberta it wasnt uncommon to go out on the snowmobilds at -40 and -35 cold snaps in alberta sask and manatoba are just the normal. heck it was tickling -35 at work in BC this last week. I understand his delema as he uses his rv for a travling hotel for his work, but his insistance that LI won't work is the issue.
they won't work because he doesnt want them to, is more the answer. with the small size capability he could easily build his own for far cheeper than the SIO2 end up with 3 times the capacity in the summer and about 6 times the capacity at -40.
because of the smaller form factor he could put ridgid foam lining the whole battery tray and put a few 12V heating pads on them. so before he leaves home the batteries would be warm and then driving the coach stays warm, not going to tell me he doesnt use a block heater at thoes temps or the old coach would never start.
if this coach is so highly modified, why is he afraid to do another for the purpose of giving him the most available power possible... we'll never know
I agree with the 2nd part...he simply doesn't want them to work...for whatever reason, we probably will never know.
But the vast majority of Canada's population lives in areas no colder than Michigan and the Canadians we know largely put them away come winter. Not saying it can't be done but it's really unusual to be out boondocking in those temps...even if snowmobiling, most people are typically connecting to grid power, so a big battery bank is not critical.
your talking about one or two geographical areas which is why there is a higher concentration of people there, but drive through toronto, vancouver and thoes types of places and how many rv's do you see in the yards, not many compared to other areas. the largest geographical area of canad will very often see -30 or -35 in the winter.. I live in one of the anomoly areas, a semi arid area in the southren interior that is in the summer the hottest city in canada and normaly our winter hi is about 0C or 32F. drive 15 minuits from me and the temp drops 10 to 15 degrees C, 1 hour north and I can be at -25 and colder as you go farther north. we usaly have a 1-2 week cold snap where its about 10 degrees colder. this week is the first ime I have ever seen it at -27 here and where I work, one hour away it was -36. move to alberta, sask, manatoba, most of ontario top half of quebec and so of lab they will all see temps that cold and thats pretty much every section of canada, you go north and thats spring weather haha.. just because people huddle togeather in tiny places paying crazy prices just to escape the normal canadian temps, doen't mean that it chages just because 1/3 to 1/2 the population don't experence it.
so yes there is a need to camp in the cold for the other half of the population, is there a need to camp in -40... no but some may work in that and use a rv for work. My dad worked in fort mcmurry for years and lived in his 5th wheel while he was up there. if there is a will there is a way. but the more likly senario is -10 ish in BC for hunting season in the interior or a little colder in alberta and sask.
Steve
