Whats the coldest you've camped w/o problems
Were planning on a camping trip next weekend. The high for the day is supposed to be 47 with a low temp of 26. The campground has already shut off half the parks water because of the cold temps. Wo...
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One window cracked open and one vent slightly open. I think what it might be is too much heated air escaping out from the underbelly space due to the dealer removing and reinstalling it. They had to cut it into 3 sections and I have a feeling it's not sealed up as good as it should be. There are 3 heat outlets inside and I know that the air flow is not well balanced either which doesn't help. The bathroom is toasty warm while the bedroom and living area are on the chilly side and I'm guessing there's a lot of CFMs being dumped into the underbelly.
valhalla360 wrote:myredracer wrote:
You may find that your furnace does not keep you as warm as you'd like. We just camped for 3 nights and it got down to only around 34-35F one night. Even though we have decent insulation, the furnace ran non-stop all night and almost non-stop in the daytime even though it warmed up outside. We went and bought small ceramic heater and the heater alone was enough to keep us plenty warm. Problem is with the heated underbellies, there is a duct off the furnace that just dumps warm in there that ends up going straight outside - not very efficient. It *might* help to seal up openings, cracks and gaps you may have in the coroplast material. I used an IR gun and with only the electric heater on, the floor was only 2-4F colder than the walls and ceiling so to me that means the heated underbelly is beneficial mostly to prevent freezing.
If the furnace is running non-stop in the mid 30's, you either don't have good insulation or there is something else wrong (did you leave a window open?)
To the OP's question:
- As long as we are in the trailer with the heat on, down to the mid 20's, we don't do anything special other than open the tank valves so there is no water in the black/gray tanks to freeze. (the fresh water tank gets heat off the furnace duct, so it's typically fine with moderate cold.
- We got caught in NM one time with a few days down to -5F, other than burning a tank of propane a day, it was fine. We did put a small space heater in the underbelly (carefully placed so nothing could catch fire). We did lose the sewer hose as it filled solid with ice and we didn't wait for it to thaw before we had to leave.
