CharlesOK
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DP Envy? I suppose I did mean to give a few sanctimonious folk some gas. Turns out it was laughing gas. LOL
Simple physics. Motors ALL make heat when they run. Heat rises. Rising heat in a poorly insulated box will heat the roof of the box. If your mattress is sitting on top of the box it is going to get hot. Wealthy folk in Lux DP's don't have this problem because their coach was well built. Po folk who buy all the hipe buy DP coaches on leaf spring chassis and have hot bedrooms and wonder why they have a problem. Not DP Envy. You could not give me one. Imagine carrying a tank full of PEE so your soot won't offend anyone now that is Laughable. Of course mine also has such a tank but I dump mine periodically and do not burn it as I go. There is a thought why don't the DP owners figure a way to syphon off the liquids from their black water tank and burn it instead of UREA. LOL
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RSchleder
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Charles--ever heard the phrase "live and let live"? Perhaps the fact that both diesel and gas motorhomes are manufactured should shed some light for you, one size does not fit all. Get over it!!!!
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Gale Hawkins
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I have to say PEE burning RV's makes me think of RV's in a whole new light. 
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daveshan
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Greginsd wrote:
There is no insulation of any kind under the bed. So that will be my next move to install some after the lower gasket replacement.
There's your problem! You'll be quite pleased with the improvement. I guess some manufacturers put lots in there and some didn't figure it was necessary.
Greginsd wrote:To all my gasser friends. I have driven gas motor homes for years before I went to a DP and I am never going back to gas, just a personal choice.
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BigRabbitMan
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Blaster Man wrote:It's a bit warmer back there, but not much.
While mine is gas pusher, this is my experience as well. I also have a bedroom heater that I shut the valve off during the summer.
I would rather have whatever heat is created in the bedroom than up front as would be the case with a front engine. I also have an engine compartment fan that I can turn on to cool the area after shut down, but I don't use it as it is not needed.
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03FatBoy
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willald wrote:..I've never liked the idea of an RV with the engine in the back. Just seems so backward to me. The issue noted here just shows yet one more reason why.
What? Here we go with the pusher vs. gasser discussion.
Run the rear A/C while you are in transit. That was how we solved our problem (or now that we are retired we stop early in the day).
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barth
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CharlesOK wrote:It's called a Diesel Pusher. It's one more reason I drive only front engine gas. MY rear bedroom is cold enough to hang meat when we get stopped for the night and I have been running the top airs on the Gen set. The DP folks will never mention this small issue, stays warm till the motor cools down, maybe 6 hours or more. 
A properly insulated DP will not get that warm in the bedroom.
It's one more reason I drive only DP. MY front cab is cold enough to hang meat when we stop for the night and I have been running the top airs on the Gen set. The gas folks will never mention this small issue, stays warm till the motor cools down.
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CharlesOK
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Barth commented;
"MY front cab is cold enough to hang meat when we stop for the night and I have been running the top airs on the Gen set. The gas folks will never mention this small issue, stays warm till the motor cools down."
Generally, I try not to sleep in the front cab. Mostly I stay awake when I drive. I have always been curious how much heat does that front diesel generator cause in the front cab area when it is running all day??
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RayChez
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Mine does not get any hotter then the rest of the coach, but I have noticed that the bed box is pretty will insulated and it also has an aluminum foil cover over the insulation. So maybe that is why we don't get any heat from the engine inside the coach in the bedroom.
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tsak01a
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Before I bought my DP I asked pros and cons and one of them was the hot room when you get where you are going. When I talked to a few owners they didn't have that issue at all and this is coming from Phoenix AZ where it's 120 when you leave your house, climb 8,000 feet in elevation to the mountains. When I bought mine the owner said never had an issue, but he was selling so I didn't believe him, but after the first few trips up north no extra heat from the engine. It does have lots of insulation on the bottom of the coach for this and it works.
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