Winter Weekends in a Coachmen Mirada 34BH
Bought a new to us 2011 Coachmen Mirada this summer. It is entry level, but so are we -- so its a good enough fit for now. I would like to be able to use it to do some ski weekends in PA and maybe...
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Just wanted to follow up in case anyone is using this thread to learn more.
The Mirada does indeed have venting into the bays. And, probably due to the really crappy insulation, ALL of the bays stay relatively warm.
We used it this weekend and the outside temperature fell to 20 F. The wet bay never got below 39 F. I DO have a small space heater hooked up to an outlet that comes on at freezing, so if it did look we were having problems with temps, that is an option.
As for the furnace running all night, as someone had mentioned.... This was no problem for us. I have two 6 volt golf cart batteries that have great amp-hour capacity. We would run the generator for a few hours before bed to make sure they were completely charged, then the furnace ran all night (off and on obviously) with no problem.
Hope this helped out anyone who was wondering the same things!
The Mirada does indeed have venting into the bays. And, probably due to the really crappy insulation, ALL of the bays stay relatively warm.
We used it this weekend and the outside temperature fell to 20 F. The wet bay never got below 39 F. I DO have a small space heater hooked up to an outlet that comes on at freezing, so if it did look we were having problems with temps, that is an option.
As for the furnace running all night, as someone had mentioned.... This was no problem for us. I have two 6 volt golf cart batteries that have great amp-hour capacity. We would run the generator for a few hours before bed to make sure they were completely charged, then the furnace ran all night (off and on obviously) with no problem.
Hope this helped out anyone who was wondering the same things!
