Brass Monkey

While parked at Mountain Valley RV Resort in Heber City, Utah, in October we were treated with weather normally reserved for January - cold and snow.

October snow

When we woke up, the mercury was reading 1°F!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  That is CCCOOOOLLLLLDDDD weather to be living in an RV and is quite out of the normal weather for October in Utah.

Fred and Ethel, the flamingos, are not happy

Our RV was equipped at the factory with three rooftop heat pumps that are rated for a total of 43,000 BTU.  They normally keep the RV quite comfortable for a low electricity consumption, but unlike a residential heat pump, they don't have auxiliary heat. So, when the outside temperature drops below 32F, they are not recommended for use. Our RV is also equipped with an Aqua-Hot brand Hydronic Heating System. It uses electricity to heat our hot water. It also burns diesel fuel to heat boiler fluid that it circulates through forced air heat exchangers located though out our coach. When on diesel, the Aqua-Hot also provides endless hot water for long showers!!!!

Aqua-Hot 450DM in our "basement"

I winterized our site's water hydrant and our potable water supply hose with a thermostatically controlled heat tape and then insulated our hose with some inexpensive foam pipe insulation. I then covered the hydrant with some Reflectix brand insulation that I taped up.

Silver bag and hoses.

We had a second batch of cold weather and snow later during our stay. The temperatures did not stay that way, and the campground snowmen did not last long.

Tackling dummy

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