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I think your thermostat may need adjusted for the issue of your camper being cold but it being set at 67. I have a temp thermocouple with my voltmeter and have checked the actual air temp with my thermo setting. Mine is within a couple degrees.
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65ShelbyCobra wrote:
garysol, I remember reading that some people have found their heater ducting that runs to the bunkhouse disconnected. That may be the reason that your bunkhouse was cold.
I think your thermostat may need adjusted for the issue of your camper being cold but it being set at 67. I have a temp thermocouple with my voltmeter and have checked the actual air temp with my thermo setting. Mine is within a couple degrees.
garysol, I remember reading that some people have found their heater ducting that runs to the bunkhouse disconnected. That may be the reason that your bunkhouse was cold.
I think your thermostat may need adjusted for the issue of your camper being cold but it being set at 67. I have a temp thermocouple with my voltmeter and have checked the actual air temp with my thermo setting. Mine is within a couple degrees.
Good info. I may run out side and physically check the temp of the air coming out of the bunkhouse outlet. Not sure why I did not check that this morning......
garysol wrote:
We had our final outing of the camping season this past weekend and had a little issue that I wanted to run by you guys. Last night was cold. Temps dropped down to the mid 30's. I had the thermostat set at 67 but when I awoke this morning my inside thermometer read 60 degrees and my furnace was not running. I had to raise the desired temp on my thermostat to 70 degrees before it would come on. My other problem I had was with how cold the bunk house got. It had to be a good 5 degrees colder (if not more) than the rest of the trailer. I guess ill have to stick a small heater in the back........
We had our final outing of the camping season this past weekend and had a little issue that I wanted to run by you guys. Last night was cold. Temps dropped down to the mid 30's. I had the thermostat set at 67 but when I awoke this morning my inside thermometer read 60 degrees and my furnace was not running. I had to raise the desired temp on my thermostat to 70 degrees before it would come on. My other problem I had was with how cold the bunk house got. It had to be a good 5 degrees colder (if not more) than the rest of the trailer. I guess ill have to stick a small heater in the back........
Do you have a digital thermostat? It made a big difference when I put my digital one in.
For the Bunkhouse being colder, mine was like that as well and I discovered the hose was disconnected at the furnace plenum for the rear vents, you may want to take the cover off below your fridge and make sure they are all connected good. Just so you know, my cover was attached with the square bit screws.
Edit- my bad, I started typing my response then came back a little later to finish...didn't mean to repeat...
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CampinEarls wrote:
For the Bunkhouse being colder, mine was like that as well and I discovered the hose was disconnected at the furnace plenum for the rear vents, you may want to take the cover off below your fridge and make sure they are all connected good. Just so you know, my cover was attached with the square bit screws.
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For the Bunkhouse being colder, mine was like that as well and I discovered the hose was disconnected at the furnace plenum for the rear vents, you may want to take the cover off below your fridge and make sure they are all connected good. Just so you know, my cover was attached with the square bit screws.
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I will pull that cover off in the morning and have a look. Thanks!
I found that the digital thermostat needed to be set several degrees higher than normal (i.e. 72 or 74 instead of 68), to make it feel more comfortable inside. I discovered this was because the thermostat would not actually turn on until the temp dropped a few degrees or so below the set temp. I believe it is designed that way, so that the heater is not constantly cycling on and off at the slightest change in temp--which could be quite annoying. Although, the variance that garysol experienced does seem wider than you'd normally expect.
I don't think the Premier is insulated enough for cold weather and the internal temperature drops quite quickly. Last winter, we basically used up an entire 20 lb. propane tank every weekend.
This year I bought a couple of portable electric heaters from Walmart. The smaller Lasko one is only 200w and is perfect for in the bathroom.
The other Sunbeam one is 1000w or 1500w and when setup on the floor between the sofa and the dinette, heats the entire RV very, very warmly--even the bunkhouse. I keep the curtains open a few inches to allow for air flow.
BTW, the Walmart online prices seem to be a lot expensive when I purchased the heaters in-store earlier at the end of summer. They were only $10 and $13, respectively. Now, we never need to use propane for heat which should save us a lot of money this winter!
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On a seperate note, does anyone else use a satalite dish? We went with dish network simply because I can control 2 of the 3 tvs with one box. I just piggybacked off of the kids tv for my bedroom tv that I added. So if my son is playing XBox in the back, my wife can watch tv in the living room, and I can watch tv in the bedroom. I'll post pictures of everything that I have done and get them posted as soon as I can.
* This post was edited 10/25/11 02:14pm by NetAndDavid *
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