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Re: Need advice....it is going to be in the lower teens later this week

Reply #25 – February 08, 2011, 08:21:17 pm

Brad...  this is Mrs. George (the other), reporting in while he is taking a digital photography class tonight.  We filled the propane tank on February 1, at the start of this "lovely" weather, and again today.  Today's fill was just a little over 15 gallons (ie, one week later).

George and dub... yes, George (the other) does a wonderful job of posting and summarizing... has been doing so for years.  Somewhere in the early 1990s, he reported on "lessons from a black cloud," as he called it - from our early days of sailing our 36-ft cutter-rigged Pearson:  BoatUS.com - Seaworthy Magazine.  As you can see, same "reporting style" from "Captain George." 

Sale of the sticks-and-bricks is tomorrow, and we have moved to an RV park in town.  So, the full-timing adventure has begun - of course, that bottle of champagne in the frig will be uncorked tomorrow night after the closing!

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Re: Need advice....it is going to be in the lower teens later this week

Reply #26 – February 08, 2011, 10:11:36 pm

Pat,
Congratulations on the closing and have a great time full-timing!   I'm sure most stick homes used more propane than you did on a very cold week.  Speaking of cold, it's almost here again in Central Texas.  Maybe you could keep it in New Mexico a little longer?

Thanks,

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Re: Need advice....it is going to be in the lower teens later this week

Reply #27 – February 09, 2011, 10:53:59 am

I'll give you my experiences, limited and un-scientific as they are.  My 85 gallon tank lasted 45 days.  Coach was in an unheated shop, maybe an average temp in the mid 20's.  Half the time thermostat set at 55, other half at 45.  Single pane windows, but with 1/2 inch hard foam insulation in each one and shades all pulled and added insulation in the utility bay.  It never got below freezing in the utility bay.  So if I were to put some wild guess out, I would say that I could survive in some pretty cold temps at reasonable thermometer  setting for at least 20 days.  This is a single furnace 40,000 BTU.

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Re: Need advice....it is going to be in the lower teens later this week

Reply #28 – February 09, 2011, 11:38:02 am

I filled my tank up before taking the coach to upholstry shop and have the rear furnace only on at 60 deg. It is in  a building such as you describe Gayland, inside but no heat. I just called the guy and told him to keep close check on the furnace and to also plug in the small electric heater that's in the basement and sit it on top of the fresh water tank faceing the other side of the basement. Snowing to beat the band in Texarkana and supposed to go down to 15 deg tonight. It will be cold especially with the blanket of snow we have. Your report on your propane usage encourages me that I will have suffecient gas to run the furnace until he finishes. I have never ran the furnace for an extended period such as this and was questioning myself...... Myself, George and sure others appreciate your input.

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