Wireless Outdoor Thermometer

[Healeyman]

I have ordered THIS Wireless Indoor/Outdoor thermometer set. It has one sensor/transmitter and 3 receiver displays.

Where to place the Inside readouts is pretty straightforward: 1 over the bed, 1 next to the wall clock in the living room, and 1 on the dashboard.

I'm trying to think of a good place to mount the Outside sensor/transmitter?

I was thinking about under the overhang, above and behind the drivers door.

Where would YOU place it?

Tim

[Healeyman]

OP Here,

Thanks for all of your ideas.

I'll try several places suggested, including the propane bay.

Tim

[Snowman9000]

On our current Class C, I used Dual Lock tape and mounted it where you were thinking, under the overhang, behind the cab doors. Even on the shade side, even at night, it read about 5 degrees high. I think it was getting some heat passing through from the interior.

I like the ideas of the LP compartment if you want a true reading, or the wet bay if you want to monitor that. I'll do one of those from now on. Yes, the smartphone tells me the outside temp anyway.

Dual lock tape is ideal for this type of thing. Like velcro, you can remove the object, but it's much more solid than velcro.
Example

[Harvey51]

Mine was stuck to the spare tire mount for several years. When parked in a town one day I noticed it had fallen to the pavement - how lucky is that? I will put it in the propane compartment next summer.

[ReelTime]

I used Velcro to mount two units, one in the Propane bay, the other in the wet bay. The one in the propane bay shows constant outside temperature. The one in the wet bay shows the temperature fluctuation in that bay.

They both have a feature that shows the daily high and low of that location. That lets me know if the furnace is set high enough for the wet bay protection.

Oh my wife says I tend to over think things, she is probably right.:)

LUCK “ when opportunity and preparedness meet”.

[Dakzuki]

Be advised the outdoor sensors are not usually weatherproof (sounds silly but look at the instructions). Think of what it's going to be exposed to where you mount it. Under the RV can be subject to spray/dirt and outside to spray/rain.

[hermandutchman]

edatlanta wrote:
I put mine on top of my curb side tire. I can reach it easily from the step area and it isn't where it can get wet, it is out of the sun, and it isn't able to get any false readings from my trailer.

I do have to remember to pick it up prior to moving.

Yes that is what I forgot to do!!!!!

[Dusty_R]

BruceMc wrote:
I put mine inside the outside refer access panel. It is mounted just above the lowest vent. When the refer is running, which is when we are using the MH, outside air is being pulled into the vents, and because it's mounted just above the lowest vent and forward (away from the flamebox), it isn't subject to the heat from the flamebox.
It's out of the weather, and yet has outside air being pulled past it.

Like others, I thought long and hard before deciding on this spot. I tried many of the locations mentioned by others in the preceding posts - but was never satisfied with the results. The refer vent seems to be the best for us.

I like that idea, I'll have to give it a try.

[Dusty_R]

BruceMc wrote:
I put mine inside the outside refer access panel. It is mounted just above the lowest vent. When the refer is running, which is when we are using the MH, outside air is being pulled into the vents, and because it's mounted just above the lowest vent and forward (away from the flamebox), it isn't subject to the heat from the flamebox.
It's out of the weather, and yet has outside air being pulled past it.

Like others, I thought long and hard before deciding on this spot. I tried many of the locations mentioned by others in the preceding posts - but was never satisfied with the results. The refer vent seems to be the best for us.

I like that idea, I'll have to give it a try.

[BruceMc]

I put mine inside the outside refer access panel. It is mounted just above the lowest vent. When the refer is running, which is when we are using the MH, outside air is being pulled into the vents, and because it's mounted just above the lowest vent and forward (away from the flamebox), it isn't subject to the heat from the flamebox.
It's out of the weather, and yet has outside air being pulled past it.

Like others, I thought long and hard before deciding on this spot. I tried many of the locations mentioned by others in the preceding posts - but was never satisfied with the results. The refer vent seems to be the best for us.

[stubblejumper]

Use self stick velco. Put furry side on the remote and then pieces of "hooky side in several locations so that it can be placed where ever most suitable. Wet bay is most suitable when temps may drop, elsewhere if more desirable.

[DaHose]

I like the idea of a propane tank compartment. It's open to the bottom so air will flow, but it is protected from direct sun/rain.

Jose

[gotsmart]

I put my sensor in a ziplock sandwich bag and then I duct tape the bag to the side mirror swingarm on the north or east side of the MH.

I used to place it on top of one of the tires. When I had to buy a 3rd sensor I went with the mirror mount.

[obgraham]

WyoTraveler wrote:

rvten wrote:
I keep one in the utility compartment. To monitor freezing temps in there.

Yup. I can pick up my smart phone and find out what the outside temp is. I need to see what the temp is in the wet bay.

Exactly

[WyoTraveler]

rvten wrote:
I keep one in the utility compartment. To monitor freezing temps in there.

Yup. I can pick up my smart phone and find out what the outside temp is. I need to see what the temp is in the wet bay.