TC Furnace & Basement Ducting Questions
I do a lot of shoulder season and winter camping in my 2014 Northern Light 9-6, and want to address (2) perceived issues with my current heating system. Before I make changes, I wanted some feedback f...
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What I have done at home that would work with your camper is I heat the basement and let the heat rise to heat the upper area. You could do this with some larger vents from the basement to the living area and then run all the heat ducts down. My question is why? If you are only out in the shoulder season then you do not need a lot of heat to stop things from freezing. All you need to do is keep it a little above and a little heat will do that. I have left campers without heat and with water in them when it is -10C outside and they have had ice crystals in the water but it never froze. Add just a little heat and the ice melts when the temps get to freezing.
The biggest thing in the winter is to find dump places and to keep you valves thawed. It may be better to use a antifreeze to flush with then worry about full water service.
As a side note having your water freeze does not do the damage as long as you leave taps open. The damage is done when the water starts to thaw but does not fully thaw, then you get blockages that do not release and when it refreezes the water cannot expand down the line so it must burst the pipe. If it is only slush it will never burst the pipe.
As for the noise, I would love a furnace mounted in a closet that is silent!!!!! The worst thing is the starting and stopping noise all night. A quiet furnace would be GREAT!!!!
The biggest thing in the winter is to find dump places and to keep you valves thawed. It may be better to use a antifreeze to flush with then worry about full water service.
As a side note having your water freeze does not do the damage as long as you leave taps open. The damage is done when the water starts to thaw but does not fully thaw, then you get blockages that do not release and when it refreezes the water cannot expand down the line so it must burst the pipe. If it is only slush it will never burst the pipe.
As for the noise, I would love a furnace mounted in a closet that is silent!!!!! The worst thing is the starting and stopping noise all night. A quiet furnace would be GREAT!!!!
