cold in front of 378

ck101999 · 01-08-2012, 05:29 PM

We have 378 ,it cold in front of coach hot in back,i put towels over vent in back still cold in front and little air flow is any body having same problem. Forest River said that the design of the coach so that my problem in nut shell.

polkatronron · 01-08-2012, 06:03 PM

Same on our 360 so we just put a small heater up front

we2lovecamping · 01-08-2012, 07:35 PM

I think this is the case in all motorhomes due to all the glass-windshield, windows etc as well as dash vents, lots of air holes to let the cold in. We use the fireplace and it gets toasty warm.

georgetown · 01-09-2012, 12:35 AM

I'm not sure with your floor plan if you have any heat ducts that run through the slides, if you do, check them. We had 2 ducts running through our kitchen slide, one was crushed when the slide was assembled at the factory, the other was torn behind the stove, result was very cold up front and the bedroom was an oven. We fixed the ducts and replaced the bedroom heat registers with ones that you can adjust the flow from Home depot, the whole coach is now a pretty even temperature.

Ggantilla · 01-09-2012, 12:51 AM

Same on our 374, not nearly enough heat flow up front, and way too hot in back.

Frank4 · 01-09-2012, 03:05 PM

I have not had mine for to long. One day while I was under my Georgetown i found one of the ducts had slipped off its connection and was hanging. Mine was one towards the back not sure if it is the same up front.

MikeA · 01-09-2012, 07:10 PM

On our 2011 350 I block the heat ducts near the front to push more heat to the back.

akcampr · 01-09-2012, 07:16 PM

Our 340 is cold up front. made some insulated curtains that hang from the visor mounts with velcro, and it makes a big difference. We still use a small heater up front.

ck101999 · 03-04-2012, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ck101999

We have 378 ,it cold in front of coach hot in back,i put towels over vent in back still cold in front and little air flow is any body having same problem. Forest River said that the design of the coach so that my problem in nut shell.

We have a 374 I said it was a 378 cold in front ,it was in shop 3 months getting fixed that was mistake still problems . This will be my last Forest River ,my wife see it now . Poor workmanship at plant and dealership now much better . Forest River denied fixxing being cold in front do to the design ,denied white about my windows fixxing that problem denied crack around my front windshield ,they will not pay Diagnostic charges why should i and other in warranty .Floor lose as goose .

jsutherl · 03-04-2012, 10:12 PM

Another idea for this is to put up a curtain rod and heavy curtains right behind driver's and passenger's seats.

Makes it easier to heat the living area since you're not trying to heat those big front windows as much.
Makes it easier to heat or cool the driving area with the dash air, when you're driving.
Makes it easier to drive at night. Person in back can turn on lights and it won't blind the driver.

Of course in nice weather you can tie the curtains back and they'll probably look pretty nice.

I plan to try to install a curtain like this sometime soon.

cfsoistman · 03-06-2012, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by jsutherl

Another idea for this is to put up a curtain rod and heavy curtains right behind driver's and passenger's seats.

Makes it easier to heat the living area since you're not trying to heat those big front windows as much.
Makes it easier to heat or cool the driving area with the dash air, when you're driving.
Makes it easier to drive at night. Person in back can turn on lights and it won't blind the driver.

Of course in nice weather you can tie the curtains back and they'll probably look pretty nice.

I plan to try to install a curtain like this sometime soon.

We're planning the same thing. I saw a Georgetown camping near us last spring and they had already installed the curtains. We were talking about different issues we both have encountered. He said the main reason for the curtains was not having to run the dash heat at full blast to keep warm when traveling in real cold weather. He also said it was quicker to pull the curtains closed as opposed to closing the windshield curtains. They owned a 350 model.

nemo45 · 03-06-2012, 12:38 PM

Beautiful thing about being a full-timer, I'm never in weather where I have to worry about this.

Lawfive · 03-06-2012, 06:30 PM

As an owner of a 391 I'm in a bit of a minority so this question tags on to this thread but to a narrower interest group.

Like the rest of the models I have two heaters with two individual thermostats. The one mounted in the bedroom controls the heater ducting to the front portion of the MH. The one mounted in the middle controls the heater ducting to the bedroom.

Is there an intent to this or is it just miswired? We deal with the issue readily but I scratch my head every cold morning.

JimF · 03-07-2012, 07:48 PM

we have a 378 and I found that air would come through the dash vents if the ac/heater switch was in an on position. Turned it off and no problems. We have been out all winter and have not had a cold up front situation. The fireplace keeps the whole coach warm down to about 40 degrees, then i turn on the rear furnace. The only time the front furnace has been on is to check to see if it works.

defending FR I must say that the coach is well designed and really quite maintenance free. We are in the middle of a 5000 mile trip.

cfsoistman · 03-08-2012, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Lawfive

As an owner of a 391 I'm in a bit of a minority so this question tags on to this thread but to a narrower interest group.

Like the rest of the models I have two heaters with two individual thermostats. The one mounted in the bedroom controls the heater ducting to the front portion of the MH. The one mounted in the middle controls the heater ducting to the bedroom.

Is there an intent to this or is it just miswired? We deal with the issue readily but I scratch my head every cold morning.

Sounds like someone mixed up the control wires. Thermostats are always place within the area of where the Heating or Cooling System are ducted to. Otherwise it never senses the temperature of that area to properly operate the system to make the area comfortable. I hope there's a way of rerouting the control wires or running new without too much trouble. Ive been in the HVAC field of work for over 35 years and this is occasionally happens in garden apartment applications when someone doesn't mark the control wires and a dozen are coming out of a wall to a common area where the outdoor units are set. Easy way to be sure that's the problem is turn one system completely off. Turn on the other system and see which unit turns on. Or just OHM out the wires.

armye7 · 03-08-2012, 10:38 AM

Hey Jim what kind of gas mileage are u getting?

nemo45 · 03-08-2012, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Lawfive

As an owner of a 391 I'm in a bit of a minority so this question tags on to this thread but to a narrower interest group.

Like the rest of the models I have two heaters with two individual thermostats. The one mounted in the bedroom controls the heater ducting to the front portion of the MH. The one mounted in the middle controls the heater ducting to the bedroom.

Is there an intent to this or is it just miswired? We deal with the issue readily but I scratch my head every cold morning.

You better check it out again. On mine the thermostat in the bedroom controls the furnace under the refrigerator that heats the bedroom and supplies all the floor vents. The thermostat up front on the wall by the refrigerator controls the furnace under the cabinets in the kitchen. and supplies the two vents on the side of the cabinets only and is the smaller of the two furnaces. Its set up that way so you don't have to use the big one if you need it going down the road. We've used the one up front only to test it to see if it works. Since we are full times and are in south Texas for the winter we seldom use the main one. When its cold here we use the fireplace only during the day and set the thermostat at 60 deg. in the bedroom when we go to bed. With the fireplace running the furnace seldom does.

JimF · 03-13-2012, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by armye7

Hey Jim what kind of gas mileage are u getting?

Mileage, whats that, more like Foot per Gallon. Actually we are towing and over the last 6,600 miles we have averaged 7.04 mpg. That includes every type driving you can have. Going at .48 cents per mile at the current gas prices.

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