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10-15-2018, 06:15 AM #1
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A/C covers needed for winter?
Heading into 1st winter fulltiming. Heading south not an option yet. Anyone use, recommend using them?
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10-15-2018, 08:48 AM #2
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We don't use AC covers for a couple of reasons. I'm not sure how long they would hold up at highway speeds (you may be stationary, though). We're also not so far north that there's not a chance of an afternoon or two where the sun heats up the rig enough that we run the ACs for a while. On rare occasions, the humidity stays high enough for long enough (think two-week rainy period) that we'll run heaters and an AC at the same time to pull some humidity out of the rig (I don't want to carry around a bulky dehumidifier just to use a few times a year).
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10-15-2018, 08:59 AM #3
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We use to cover the A/C but they had to be removed for travel so we stopped putting them on. Now all we have to worry about is wasp nests under the cowling.
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10-15-2018, 01:55 PM #4
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We are going to be stationery for the next few months....
Jim and Belinda H. Pa.
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10-15-2018, 08:17 PM #5
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I have not found them to much help. Essentially, the A/C unit does not vent directly to the outdoors. There may be some heat loss there, but I have never felt a "draft" coming from the A/C unit in the winter, even during high winds. I have felt a draft around the door. I have felt a draft around the slides. But never the A/C units.
One thing I do recommend is vent pillows: Walmart Vent Pillows they are cheap and easy to use.Dallas
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10-16-2018, 05:23 AM #6
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