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Old 06-08-2020, 03:21 PM   #1
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Thumbs down Heated belly question

The manual says our Vista has a heated belly.
Front heat-air unit is electric-propane. Worked real good this past winter, at least as far as the living space goes.

Looking ahead to camping on long winter weekends. Will have at least one 3-day and one 4-day weekend a month November through (undetermined) March, April, or May.

Wondering if in between weekend uses, Vista being plugged into shore power and thermostat set to 65-70 electric, is there enough heat in the belly to keep things fluid? and are there any "tricks" to funneling more heat down there.
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OK, I'll bite, what's a heated belly? Too much hot salsa?
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Old 06-08-2020, 06:56 PM   #3
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Bob, he means that the tanks etc are heated by air flow around them from the heater.

As for your Winter trips... well, that's a good question. If the temps are below 30 degress during the the day and below mid-20's or lower at night it might keep things warm enough for one day.

If the daytime temps top 32 and it's only nights that drop into the 20's you'll probably be OK.

But if it's below freezing days and teens at night you could seriously have problems.

The "heated belly" is just air from your propane heater circulating around the tanks. It's effective but it's not intended for prolonged winter usage.

The only REAL way to find out is to try it and see. Not very helpful, I know.

As to what else you can do - skirting around the bottom of the RV would help keep cold wind out and you could place incandescent light bulbs in compartments to help. But it's not a 4-seasons coach and you will have to winterize it if you want to use it in consistently below freezing temps.
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On my Adventure you have to run the propane furnace to heat the basement compartments. The electric heat comes from the heatpump and vents from the ceiling vents, so no warm air to basement vents. I have seen electric add ons to a propane furnace. If you have that set up then you could heat the basement with the furnace. Some people put a small electric heaters in the basement or a light bulb if temps are not extreme.
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