cold weather and pop ups

dfrank

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I've spent many weekends skiing out of of an 80's Skamper the last two winters. Keeping warm is not hard, other than the floor, which I hope to someday coat in expansive foam. We can get 4 nights cooking and heating off a 20lb propane, which is longer than the pair of deep cells will last. I put Mylar bubble wrap around the tent walls and windows, but usually only bother with the parts around the upper bed. Keep water bottles elevated and away from the tent walls. Subzero nights are regular, negative teens a bit tougher.

As stated above blasting the heat before dropping it will reduce cracking in older vinyl windows. Took a few weeks to figure that one out. Keep some tear aid tape handy to fix that.

Just got a MR. Heater ventless, that we run on low (4K btu). It is a nice quiet even heat that uses no battery.
 
Webasto Genius

Our 5 month ski camping trip in our XP Camper is drawing to a close. The XP has been the perfect choice for us in every way.

Star of the show has been the Webasto Dual Top heater that Marc designed the camper around. It has run continuously from Early Jan to Mid April - 15 weeks without once being turned off. Turning the thermostat up above 80% rewards you with interior temperatures above 90f - even with the outside temperature around freezing.

The most satisfying things to have when it's cold outside are the ability to crank up the heat, and plenty of amps in the battery. 420 amp/hours and 375 watts of solar has worked well for us even in snowy conditions.
 

DanoT

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Our 5 month ski camping trip in our XP Camper is drawing to a close. The XP has been the perfect choice for us in every way.

Star of the show has been the Webasto Dual Top heater that Marc designed the camper around. It has run continuously from Early Jan to Mid April - 15 weeks without once being turned off. Turning the thermostat up above 80% rewards you with interior temperatures above 90f - even with the outside temperature around freezing.

The most satisfying things to have when it's cold outside are the ability to crank up the heat, and plenty of amps in the battery. 420 amp/hours and 375 watts of solar has worked well for us even in snowy conditions.

Do you know the BTU output of the Webastco heater and how many amps its fan draws?
 

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