Amazingly....here in the heart of "Snow Country" our Home Depot doesn't stock reflectix!
Good job, kodachrome. It's tell-tale when you look into the cabinetry how it's wide open to the cold....especially if you got the hot water heater option. Yup, these units must be made somewhere warm where it rarely freezes. LOL. On the same topic....have you come up with any good ideas for a drain below the water pump? It could be >much< easier for my tastes!
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Installing a shut off in between the pump and tank is something I would like to do in the future, but it looks tough. There is just not a lot of room between the pump and tank, maybe an inch of tubing including what is on the fittings.
The pump only froze up when it was 14F overnight and I was not using the camper. When I am in it, the temp is never below freezing so the water is fine, especially with the new insulation everywhere. I think by my timed tests ( how long it takes the temp to drop 5 degrees once the furnace is off ) I gained about 15% efficiency with the cabinet insulation mods and another 15% from the window covers. I still lose a lot of heat out of the top though, so once I get the Arctic Pack up there, I am hoping for a another 25% from that since heat rises...and escapes.
I am a pretty cold sleeper in the Winter, like it around 50-55 for efficiency sake. Then I up it to 65 when I am up and about. It's not hard to manage from 20F and up, it is below 20F that gets tougher to work with. I figure when is is well below zero, like -15 to -30F, I would consider sleeping on the fold out couch "stealth" style for even more efficiency by keeping the top down.
Mods, mods and more mods...:-)
