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I'm not proud of this this

Getting to 9º tonight. Since I have single pane windows did the redneck thing and treated the windows. Pretty sure MCD won't approve.

Seems to work will report back in the morning.

see ya
ken
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🍺1992 U300 GrandVilla WTBI #4150 FOT FBP 2011
✨6V-92TA DDEC Parlor Coach 350HP Series 92
🏁2011 Nissan XTerra Pro-4X

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Reply #1 –
Hey watch out now! Nutten wrong with REDNECK engineering y'all. 🤪😎🍺. Course us rednecks are not going to be where it's anywhere near 9 degrees. Don't freeze.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

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You do know that since you have a coach you CAN go south to warmer climes.
Jerry & Nona and Kimeru the cat that thinks she's a dog
1998 36' WTFE U320  #5314 Motorcade #17711
USAF 1975-1995
2019 Subaru Crosstrek 'toad'
2003 Subaru Legacy touring car
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You do what you can. Good stopgap until you can go south.
Tom Lang K6PG (originally  KC6UEC)
and Diane Lang
2003 38 U295 build 6209
2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit Ecodiesel
still have tow-ready 2006 Acura MDX 
Temple City, California
Motorcade 16681 California Chapter President
SKP 16663 member of SKP Park of the Sierra, Coarsegold California
FMCA F071251
Retired electrical and electronic engineer

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On a serious note, used the 3M film while at barnes hospital.. worked great. Hard to get the upper stuck to the frame but way less draft... comes off easy..
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My advice and experiences are Free, you decide if they are worth anything .

John - driving Old Faithful
1994 U280 GV
C8.3, Banks, Pacbrake, 900 watts, Resonator, XLHD tow dolly
Retired Army Warrant Officer

Life is what you make of it - if it is lemons, make lemonade!
Former Coaches:
1988 GV 40' ORED 300HP CAT - 9 years
1990 Winnebago LeSharo - 3 years
2000 Newmar London Aire - 3 years (#18 of 23 produced)

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Ken, you might want to put some towels along the base of the windshield to absorb the moisture condensation before it gets down into the plywood that holds the front cap in place.
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD

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At least the blue tape will  come off easy and not leave anything behind. Waiting to hear how the night went
2014 ih45  (4th Foretravel owned)
 1997 36' U295 Sold in 2020, owned for 19 years
  U240 36' Sold to insurance company after melting in garage fire
    33' Foretravel on Dodge Chassis  Sold very long time ago

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Reply #7 –
Put the towels at the base of my windshield one night to catch condensation. Got down to -4 and the towel was frozen to the glass. No harm, no foul. It did catch the condensation once it melted.

Larry
Larry Warren
1996  U320 36' SBID "Lola" sold 2020
Build #4970
Motorcade #18318

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Our old GV has the "drapes" that draw closed up front around the windshield area.  When we expect temps around 40 degrees or below, I put a small electric heater up on the dash and run it all night.  Keeping the windshield glass slightly warm seems to almost totally prevent troublesome condensation on the inside, and also keeps the outside of the glass pretty clear.

Of course, this might not be feasible if dry camping...depending on how much battery capacity you have.

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1993 U280 SE 40' WTBI, Build: 4359
C8.3 300hp, 6-Speed, Exhaust Brake
960 watts on the roof (6 x 160)
Sorento (or BOLT) on a Kar Kaddy SS
"Nature abhors a vacuum"

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Reply #9 –
There have been quite a few posts about the front cap on GVs separating from the plywood under the dash and causing major problems like the windshields coming out due to the front cap changing shape when the glue or plywood lets go.
Prevention beats the daylights out of costly repairs
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD

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Speaking of redneck fixes, this is ideal when boondocking- low energy draw & smells good when working...
Bill Jackson & Kim Sweeney
2013 27' Lazy Daze RK
2002 U320 PBDS 36' Build 5941 (Sold)
1999 U320 40' (Sold)
2005 Country Coach Intrigue 40' (Sold)

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Ken.
 I'm not seeing any "treatment" unless it's simply the blue tape on on the shades holding them closer to the window.  And...  it doesn't look like you have side valences, I would have thought your vintage of coach did.

 There must be some good insulating type sheeting out there.  We use kind of a foamcore type cover for the front window.        No condensation....,
 
Robert and Susan
 1995 36' 280 WTBI 8.3 3060r
 1200 watts on the roof, 720 Ah of lithium's
 Build # 4637. Motorcade # 17599
        FMCA  # 451505
        18  Wrangler JLUR

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Quote from: Bob & Sue –
Ken.
 I'm not seeing any "treatment" unless it's simply the blue tape on on the shades holding them closer to the window.  And...  it doesn't look like you have side valences, I would have thought your vintage of coach did.

 There must be some good insulating type sheeting out there.  We use kind of a foamcore type cover for the front window.        No condensation....,

Our 86 GV has the original heavy velvet ( like) curtains that closes off the living room from the drivers cockpit area... does not allow the furnace heat to escape thru the front windshield and creates a blackout at night...
1986 Grand Villa, 454 Chevrolet, 33 SBI tag axle
Build # 2658
2nd owner, original owner was Newman/Freeman Racing, racer Bill Freeman and actor/racer Paul Newman

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Well it only got to 12º last night. The window "treatment" seemed to help. Pretty subjective. The heaters were off and on all night as usual.

Best solution would be to head south. That's sort of what we did at the start of the month. Headed to Albuquerque from Denver. Obviously not quite far enough south. Was pleasant enough when we got here. 40s & 50s with overnight just below freezing. Then this stupid front came through. We signed up for a month ($390 a month Denver was $950!) and we are due to leave on the 9th heading to Q.

We choose BurKe since we don't know anyone here and we were socialed out from our month in Denver. We lived in Denver for 20 years and still have lot'o friends there. Socializing is so much work! :) JK we loved it but it did wear us out.

I used 3M plastic in my 1st coach that I used for Skiing in the winter and it worked great. Sealed off the cold air off the window and the air leaks. I tried on Big Agnes but she wasn't having it. I didn't want to tape directly to the wood paneling so tried to just use the metal frame. The rounded corners were a pain and when I tried to shrink the plastic with a hair dryer it pulled away. :(

We haven't had much of an issue with moisture. It's pretty dry here usually. During the day and when cooking or showering we turn the vent fan on which keeps the moisture down. I do like your trick Chuck. If I start seeing any moisture will try it.

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Nutten wrong with REDNECK engineering y'all. 🤪😎🍺

100% saved my butt many many times!

see ya
ken
 
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🍺1992 U300 GrandVilla WTBI #4150 FOT FBP 2011
✨6V-92TA DDEC Parlor Coach 350HP Series 92
🏁2011 Nissan XTerra Pro-4X

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We have two of these, fore and aft, don't worry about the windows, just put on our 'PNW" blankets and sleep well. I've always thought the Aqua-Hot system would be quiet, but parked next to Bigdog, it is SURE noisy outside!!
1993 U-240 "La Villa Grande"..CAT 3116 w/ Pacbrake PRXB...Allison 3060 6-speed..
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                                      PNW natives
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                        DW Judy & Chet the wonder dog
                        Full-Timers 'Sailing the asphalt sea'

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I here I thought hearing is lost as you get older.. not this crowd  :)

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Ken,  For freezing temps, we cut Reflectix to fit each window, marked each for future use. 

I think you should be quite proud of your ingenuity.

Also cut Reflectix to fit inside each plumbing bay door, these are all much larger than bay opening and folded inward to help seal in the heat from 200 watt heaters.  Remote thermometers report bay temps without opening bay doors.

We don't count on furnace heat ducts to keep every corner of water bays warm.  I would also not want to count on AquaHot heat exchangers either.

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Reply #17 –
We open all cupboard doors on the "wet" side of the coach when it gets really cold. (the wet side being the side where the water lines run.)
Nitehawk,  Demolition Lady, & our NEW master, Zippy the speeding BB cat.
1989 Grand Villa 36' ORED
Oshkosh chassis, 8.2 DD V8
2006 Saturn Vue AWD