Winter camping

[bheiting]

Humidity doesn't come from the furnace, it comes from you. Need to have a vent open.

Yes, if the humidity is coming from the furnace, more than likely you

won't wake up in the morning.

 

[CRuth]

And its the small size that makes it noticeable. At home all that moisture has much more room in which to disperse.

 

[Grizzly]

Shadrach When it comes time to replace my 87 Prowler TT I want to get something that will allow me to go camping in the ' cooler ' fall temps. I want double glazed windows at least. What other things do you guys recommend? I know there are trailers with heated holding tanks. This trailer for example is good to -30* but is also 30' long and kind of expensive.





For your next RV if you want a full four season coach, consider an Arctic Fox (AF) with thermo windows. All AF are well insulated and all have underbelly heated holding and water tanks. There are other brands of RV's that are four season coaches, but are more costly than an AF.



george

 

[FWC]

Winter Hunting/Camping

After tolerating condensation and never being warm enough, I installed a small wood burning stove in my camper. The wood stove not only provided excellent heat, but all the humidified air goes up the chimney-my forced air furnase would provide the heat while the RV was unoccupied(it only warms the humid air), the wood stove would provide constant and unlimited heat while venting the moisture out the stove pipe.



FWC 2007. 5 6. 7 QC4X4DRW LB 6Speed Free Spin Hubs

Bishop, CA

 

[Skydiver]

Here's a lot of good info on RVs. Poop Sheets by phred

 

[Road Dog]

We do some fall camping (when hunting) down to -20C. Water vapour comes from cooking, breathing, and wet stuff (like clothes, towels and boots) that is inside to dry (where do you think the water goes?). The water vapour will condense when the temperature reaches the dew point. This will happen on cold surfaces like windows and (sometimes) walls.

In my old trailer I added that shrink wrap window film that's used at home. Adds an extra layer on the windows and works great. Ventilation is the key to controlling the humidity. I always run the range hood when cooking or boiling water. Sometimes you're stuck with running the heater to keep everything warm. Warm air holds more water so it doesn't condense out. Last Fall we took out a friend's new Arctic Fox camper (with Winter package). With three people and a cat we ended up with a little condensation on the walls overnight (-10C outside). I guess we'll need more ventilation to bring down the humidity. With 60# of propane it should be easy to keep warm.

The biggest issue in the Winter is the battery -- the furnace fan uses a lot of power and one battery is good for 3-4 days before needing a charge. So we always bring a generator. My old trailer used a (non-electric) radiant furnace so it was good for 10 days on a full charge.