eheading wrote:

We just use the propane furnace whenever it gets cold, and then we don't have to worry about the basement. My problem on my present coach though is that the rear furnace is the one heating the basement and the front furnace (located in a slide) is the one that runs most of the time. I just have to make sure that I set thermostats so that the rear one runs occasionally.

Ed Headington
2005 Revolution LE
2004 Tracker toad

sepisllib wrote:



My coach, however, is equipped with the "heat pump" ceiling units and they work very effectively all the way down to the low 20's at which time the propane furnace will kick in instead. By that time it's too late for the bays as their only heat comes from the forced air from the propane furnace and then is only a "residual" heat. It dumps absolutely no heated air into any of the bays.

I don't know the how's and what's of the engineering on my coach, however one would think things like this would be considered in the final design.

Anyway - taken care of now.

God Bless

Bill

Boxer Lovers wrote:

I have never heard of any roof mounted heat pump funtioning much below 40 degrees with any degree of effectiveness, but who am I to argue that.

You can always turn your furnace on manually with the thermostat. Would it be possible to splice an outlet into one of the existing ducts and stick a duct vent into the bay near the plumbing?

I have used the light bulb heat in the past as a temporary fix when the coach wasn't being used and I didnt' want to burn up all the propane to keep the tanks from freezing. If properly placed, and monitored, it works fairly well. However, I wouldn't suggest it as a permanent fix.

This is another good reason to opt. for diesel fired heat if you can afford it. It uses modest amounts of fuel compared to propane, and can be set low enough to keep the bays from freezing. Wish my coach had been equipped with it.