[joel]

Dan I keep my bus in the shop un heated plugged into 50 amp I use cube heater inside and one cube heater in water bay , I do not use the coach systems to keep bus warm just set them for back up so if one of the cube heaters fail I will be ok I set them about 45 so if something fails they will come on and coach will be ok, if it’s really cold I put two cube heaters inside , I like to keep water bay about 50 degrees and inside about 50 all winter has always worked for me up to -35F . I never drain the water out its ready to go at any time

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[Archived]

Ditto what Peter said. When we lived in western NY I used a three level oscilating heater that I put on the kitchen counter. When it wasn’t real cold I would use the 500 watt setting, when it got into the teens I used the 1000 watt setting, and below that the 1500 watt setting.

I checked the bus interior temp and bay temp daily and I think the lowest it got in the house was 45. It was in a barn with no heat, but the protection from the wind outside was the biggest help.

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Thanks guys, that’s what I’ll do.

[Bill]

We are now going through our ninth winter in northern Illinois, and trusted my intuition to do the following routine. We park on concrete in an unheated enclosed shelter plugged into 50 amps.

I set one pelonis cube heater at the top of the steps on an aluminum plate because we have carpet, and they don’t do well together.

I set a second pelonis cube heater on an aluminum plate in the kitchen (carpet again).

I set a third pelonis cube heater on the bathroom floor tile.

Since heat rises, all the heat sources are at the floor. There are thermometers on the kitchen counter and bathroom vanity to monitor. The vanity cabinet door is open and the cabinet light is switched off by a very high end clothes pin (stained and varnished with a powder coated stainless steel spring – not!). Same for the under sink cabinet. Drain the water system. Use the OEM water bay heater set at 45F.

My concerns were the intolerance of vitricor to expand and contract, and wearing out the electric heater in the bathroom.

The number of pelonis heaters that run simultaneously depends on temperature with a target of 50 degrees. So far, I have yet to throw one of those heaters to the land fill. I wonder if mouse trap volume indicates anything?

[AL]

If you have mouse traps Dan, and are finding mice in them, that explains why your coach is OK….Body Heat.

[Archived]

Yes Jon! I set five traps below the drip line on each side of the coach. Got five meeces so far this season, so think we are doing ok. I just disconnect them from the trap and the other nite time critters do cleanup, so efficient.

[Archived]

Dan: I did most of the above with exception of setting the heater in the water bay. I used two heaters, will probably up that to three. I do leave the electric water heater on. I have a remote thermometer in the water bay and it keeps the bay warm. I could set the thermostat in the water bay for the bay heater (a heat gun), but haven’t since it didn’t get that cold out before we left for Florida.

[Corey]

Dick, you guys still down in the Keys? If you are you missed out on this morning(-: , it’s -6 outside at the moment. Just checked the bus, it’s 48 inside and 50 in the bays.

[Peter]

we are under a wee bit of a different circumstance. We are full timing just outside of DC. We use the webasto only when home. It is an awesome heater and we love it. We did have some maintenance done on it last winter as the fuel filters were terrible & she needed some work. Commonwealth Coach serviced the unit and I had a new garber filtration system installed. She works fine and keeps the bus cozy when we go below 32. Tonight we go to the low 20s.

when we head off to work, i shut down the webasto & I have 2 infaRed heaters. One in the galley and one in the bath. Both keep the bus at 65 during the day. We like those units as they don’t have the fire issues some of the old style heaters had. Both are electronically controlled and are very reliable. On days we go below 32, I leave one water heater on. our outside water hose is also heated model. The hose prevents freeze ups.

The Only issue we have had, so far, is the sewer hose. I forgot to slinky the hose after a dump and my hose froze due to residual waste water in it. I had to disconnect and take it to where I could run hot water to break up the ice. Lesson learned, slinky the hose after dumping.

[Michael]

Dan: We are at River Ranch now near Lake Wales … south of Orlando. We head for Wisconsin on Wednesday morning. Stay warm.