Motor home heating

Heethers replied on 08/10/2019 08:52

Posted on 08/10/2019 08:52

l" as you know by previous posts, we decided to change our Caravan for Motorhome. WE are lucky to be able to park it on our property. With the caravan we used to leave the heating on when it got down to freezing even though we had winterised the van, use to set it at 6 degrees on the truma digital screen not so on the motorhome as l will explain. With the motor home it will be a little different as we intend to use it at least once or twice a month. l have experimented this week, l set it on the ultraheat at 500 kw on setting 3 on Auto on the fire if that makes sense to you, a little different than the truma 3 system. Do you think it will cause a problem to the system using it twenty four seven or should l invest in a small portable fan heater, l always check the Motorhome everyday to keep a check on any issues that might arise. One thing l don't do is to drop the water tank l leave it a 1/4 full, and also the hot water tank, is this wise even though l have the heating on, obviously it won't take long to fill at home if l did drop it. l have the the flo jet system that blows the residual water out of the caravan but it wont work on the motor home as the tank is vented, if you know of anything l have missed, do please advise.

Heethers

nelliethehooker replied on 10/10/2019 20:35

Posted on 10/10/2019 17:08 by

leave shower head on the floor of the shower or in a bowl on the floor. 

I did that one year and water collected in the shower head, froze and cracked it laughing

 

Posted on 10/10/2019 20:35

Surely it's a very simple job to unscrew the shower head and shake all the water out of it, and that way water will not be able to collect in it. 

replied on 10/10/2019 21:13

Posted on 10/10/2019 20:35 by nelliethehooker

Surely it's a very simple job to unscrew the shower head and shake all the water out of it, and that way water will not be able to collect in it. 

Posted on 10/10/2019 21:13

Guess what I do now? laughing

rayjsj replied on 14/10/2019 18:04

Posted on 14/10/2019 18:04

I wanted to be able to use our new PVC all through the year, so I got one with a double floor and MOST water pipes inboard. Still drain the tanks down though. Only heat the van on the day before we set off, sterilise the tanks too.

 

 

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