2016 Winnebago Ellipse 42HD--just about to purchase

[Meridian42e]

Winnie does not heat the floors, electric or hydronic.

[jerichorick]

Originally Posted by Meridian42e

Winnie does not heat the floors, electric or hydronic.

Please check out Heating and Cooling under Options: https://winnebagoind.com/products/cl...specifications.

[Meridian42e]

Well I'll be, I stand corrected. Never heard of that on a winnie. Wonder if it is electric or hydronic. It's not specific.

[jerichorick]

Originally Posted by Meridian42e

Well I'll be, I stand corrected. Never heard of that on a winnie. Wonder if it is electric or hydronic. It's not specific.

Hydronic I believe. Seems I saw some thread about problems with it.

[bdersham]

We have a 2014 Ellipse which doesn’t have heated floors and we spent an entire winter in central PA without any complaints about could floors. We spent a few bucks on nice rugs and that took care of everything. In fact I was glad we didn’t have them as it’s just one more, potentially complex, thing to fail. The aqua-hot running kept certain areas of the floor warm too.

Our Aqua-Hot worked perfectly and in sub-zero weather the interior temperature was perfect and the basement area stayed warm too. I added 1 auxiliary heater to the water compartment. I also have a 3 sensor wireless thermostat; put 1 outside, 1 in the water compartment and 1 at the water hydrant.

The only negative issue is in that type of climate the interior of the cabinets in the slide outs get significant moisture buildup because of the lack of adequate insulation. The solution was to leave some of the cabinet doors open and keep everything inside away from the interior walls of the cabinets.

[jerichorick]

Originally Posted by bdersham

We have a 2014 Ellipse which doesn’t have heated floors and we spent an entire winter in central PA without any complaints about could floors. We spent a few bucks on nice rugs and that took care of everything. In fact I was glad we didn’t have them as it’s just one more, potentially complex, thing to fail. The aqua-hot running kept certain areas of the floor warm too.

Our Aqua-Hot worked perfectly and in sub-zero weather the interior temperature was perfect and the basement area stayed warm too. I added 1 auxiliary heater to the water compartment. I also have a 3 sensor wireless thermostat; put 1 outside, 1 in the water compartment and 1 at the water hydrant.

The only negative issue is in that type of climate the interior of the cabinets in the slide outs get significant moisture buildup because of the lack of adequate insulation. The solution was to leave some of the cabinet doors open and keep everything inside away from the interior walls of the cabinets.

Bob, we recently bought a Eva-Dry dehumidifier from Amazon.com https://smile.amazon.com/Eva-Dry-Edv...i+dehumidifier
A larger model is available. Helps greatly. We also leave the ceiling vents cracked open a bit. Lets the moisture out and not much heat loss. The trade off is worth it.


Rick

[Meridian42e]

Just watched Lichtsinn's video of the new Gran Tour 45 and the floors are heated with the Aqua Hot, so it looks like Winnebago and Entegra both do that now. Tiffin is still electric I believe.