1 st cold nights

[retired on a mountain]

Friday sat first cold nights 23 of the season ill be camping with out hook ups anything to watch out for. I have generator propane heat and water heater

[Boso]

Yes don't fall asleep in the chair outside with the warm fire and forget to come in

[fonzie]

Small electric heaters (1500 watts) just in case furnace acts up.......

[WFD]

Grab an extra blanket!

[Timtation]

Make coffee ready for start-up before you go to bed. If you have timer for it, even better since it will provide assistance when assessing the morning's challenges.

[geeman53]

One of our Papillons would keep you warm and some hot chocolate - yum! We'll do that tonight !

[KennyGolub]

Papillons?

[Outlaw7]

Get some vent pillows. All your ceiling vents are quick heat losses. Square vent pillows ( plugs) push up into the square recessed area and act to insulate the cold/ and the heat loss

$10 each at Camping World


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[oxcamper]

Moisture!
Propane, body heat, vapor, cooking all end up in the air as moisture.
Get a few of the new damp rid hanging bags. We put one in the kitchen, one in the bathroom, and one in the bedroom. In less than a day they all had 1" of water collected.

If you shower, get a damp rid tub and leave it in the shower stall when yor're finished. Wipe down the shower after each use with a towel. Also wipe the inside of the windows of moisture with a towel each morning, then hang all wet rags, towels, etc outside during the day to dry.

[mtnlvr]

I have an electric blanket/throw that plugs into the 12v at the foot of my bed. I happened to find it at a truck stop. Very handy.

[RedLdr1]

Originally Posted by mtnlvr

I have an electric blanket/throw that plugs into the 12v at the foot of my bed. I happened to find it at a truck stop. Very handy.

+1 on the 12VDC lap throw... It also saved me the cost of adding heated seats for the DW...

[RamblerGuy]

Hang an extra blanket over the opening to the cab. The cab has little or no insulation.

Be sure your batteries are fully charged before you go to bed. The furnace uses about 7 amps. Ours runs about 1/3 to 1/2 of the time keeping the coach at 70 when it's 30 outside.

When recharging, it takes several hours to get a full charge. After only a hour the convenience panel will show four lights after the generator has been turned off, but this is misleading. The shows a "surface charge". It takes longer for the battery plates to become charged throughout.

[RamblerGuy]

Correction: This shows a "surface charge".

[RamblerGuy]

FYI, a 30,000 btu/hr furnace uses about 1.5 pounds of propane per hour of run time.