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[kmehr]

Got the furnace figured out finally! Biggest issue was the rusty old propane tank that came with the camper leaked like crazy. Swapped for the one on my grill and good to go. Just stuck a lighter in the access door and the pilot light right up and the thermostat and everything worked great. It’s about 28 outside and it heated up to about 60 inside in about 3 minutes (hard to tell the exact temp since I realize mounting the thermostat on the wall right above the furnace was a mistake). Anyways I’m super pumped! We’re going camping this weekend, we’re doing it!

Oh and I got the table top finished- used mod podge and varnish on this super cool nat geo map of Alaska from 1978. I have one other countertop piece we did the same way with New Hampshire (where my wife is from) I just need to install it.

Edited by kmehr, 27 October 2019 - 08:38 PM.

[corybrown50]

Sweet! Glad it's all working.

Very cool touch of uniqueness added. I love that kind of stuff.

Edited by corybrown50, 28 October 2019 - 02:49 PM.

[kmehr]

Finally got her out on the maiden voyage! Got down to about 20degrees and the furnace did a great job keep us very comfortable. The cab over section could use some more insulation as it’s kinda drafty, and I think some insulation over the canvas would really cut down on furnace run time, but anyways, the battery held strong, solar panel charged it righ back up, fridge did great (though admittedly didn’t have to work very hard). Great success!

 

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[ski3pin]

Great to see you out with your camper, congratulations!

[Manfred65]

Great to see you having fun with your camper.

 

In our 8ft Jayco we use the dinette cushions for additional insulation round the cabover bed. They fit perfect.

As long as there is noone sleeping in the dinette area

[corybrown50]

Fantastic! Simply fantastic!

[kmehr]

Dinette cushions for insulation, genius!

[kmehr]

Have used the heck out of the camper this year- 4 night in New Mexico, a night up in the mountains near Leadville, and the wifey and I did a two week road trip to the upper peninsula of Michigan. I’ll try to upload some photos:

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