So we've spent 4 nights in our Wolf Creek. Our last night, was up in Detroit and it got down in the low 40's. We noticed that the overhead cab stays significantly cooler than the rest of the camper. Not a huge deal but I want to increase the efficiency without having to crank up the heater.My thoughts are these. Put a thermal base layer under the mattress. Ideas on type or material to use?Replace mattress with memory form, should hold in the heat better. Replace cheap metal blinds with pull down cloth blinds with blackout material.Get a wave heater, planned on that anyway.Am I on the right track? Anything I'm missing? Wish mine came with the thermal pane windows. Wonder if Northwood would sell me those? We plan on campeing all winter and do snow runs as well. Thanks.

Are you sure it's cooler? Or is it just that you're up there at night when the temps are normally colder? The reason I ask is because heat rises and normally a cabover space is warmer than the rest of the RV.Do you keep curtains closed to separate the cabover from the rest of the RV? That could be preventing the heat from getting up into the space. Try keeping the curtains open day and night and see if it makes a difference.Replacing the metal blinds would likely help - perhaps just in a psychological way. Might try using a reflective blanket under the mattress - reflective side facing up to hold your body heat in the cabover. I would try one item at a time - otherwise you could spend money doing it all only to find out it's too hot at that point.

Northwood does not run heat ducts up into the cabover area like some of the other manufacturers do. Our cabover tends to stay a little cooler than the rest of the living area. We like the fact that it stays cooler for sleeping. I also have thermal panes but it still gets cooler as I said. We do run our Wave 3 heater and it tends to heat the lower living area better than the cabover so not sure if that will help make your sleeping area warmer.We do really like ours and its nice and quiet. Seldom do we have to have that loud furnace running.

Could placing a 12v fan next to a duct and pointing it towards the cabover be enough to bring up some heat?

We put a piece of that 1/2 inch thick styrofoam insulation under our mattress. It helped a lot.

you can also cut some dense closed cell 1" thick foam to cover the windows and skylights. The extra insulation really limits heat loss.

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Buzzcut1
Nomad II
Sep 07, 2015
you can also cut some dense closed cell 1" thick foam to cover the windows and skylights. The extra insulation really limits heat loss.
PRodacy
Explorer
Sep 07, 2015
We put a piece of that 1/2 inch thick styrofoam insulation under our mattress. It helped a lot.
toedtoes
Explorer III
Sep 07, 2015
Could placing a 12v fan next to a duct and pointing it towards the cabover be enough to bring up some heat?
kerry4951
Explorer
Sep 07, 2015
Northwood does not run heat ducts up into the cabover area like some of the other manufacturers do. Our cabover tends to stay a little cooler than the rest of the living area. We like the fact that it stays cooler for sleeping. I also have thermal panes but it still gets cooler as I said.
We do run our Wave 3 heater and it tends to heat the lower living area better than the cabover so not sure if that will help make your sleeping area warmer.We do really like ours and its nice and quiet. Seldom do we have to have that loud furnace running.
toedtoes
Explorer III
Sep 07, 2015
Are you sure it's cooler? Or is it just that you're up there at night when the temps are normally colder? The reason I ask is because heat rises and normally a cabover space is warmer than the rest of the RV.

Do you keep curtains closed to separate the cabover from the rest of the RV? That could be preventing the heat from getting up into the space. Try keeping the curtains open day and night and see if it makes a difference.

Replacing the metal blinds would likely help - perhaps just in a psychological way. Might try using a reflective blanket under the mattress - reflective side facing up to hold your body heat in the cabover. I would try one item at a time - otherwise you could spend money doing it all only to find out it's too hot at that point.

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