condensation

Originally posted by cwit Lakecity is up near route 10 north of ocala about 90 miles. We left Ocala this year and went north to try and get rid of the rain.

Originally posted by cwit This year if you keep track of temps in Ocala it has been colder then Lakecity. Next year we will head down around Ft. Myres. We have camped in our Zinger nown to 16 degrees in W.V. 2 elec. and furnace also but we were warm. burned a tank of gas in 4 days of traveling south. All Zingers are built the same.

I have an acquaintance on another board living down in Ft. Myers. She loves it there and it is certainly warmer than Ocala or the Bradenton-Sarasota area.  It's almost tropical but the summers are deadly hot and humid. 

We were warm in our Zinger also.  The furnace is adequate.  It was the walls that were cold to the touch, the windows that steamed up and started to drip down the walls.  Leaving the windows and a vent cracked helped with the condensation, but then we had the cold damp draft to endure.  It was better than having to towel the walls under the windows.  Leaving the roof vents open alone didn't do much good.  There's no heater in our bathroom so we have to leave the door open which narrows the space past the door and kitchen sink.  The Zinger we have is definitely not made for cold weather camping unless the windows are somehow covered with plastic or that ugly bubblewrap.

Originally posted by rv-rick We are new here, having just bought a 2010 19RD about 3 weeks ago.   FWIW: In our previous trailer (1995 Thor Chateau 17L), if we had hookups, we rarely ran the furnace. We relied on our small 1500W electric heater. Electric heat is a dry heat, as opposed to propane, which is a moist heat. We are not what you would call 4 season campers, but have camped down into the 20's several times. We would set the furnace at 65. Fortunately the Chateau had jalousie windows, unlike the Zinger.

<B>Those jalousie windows are another thing I miss. I despise the windows on our Zinger with the mere  "slits" on the bottom for ventilation.  Why did they ever switch?  The longer we have this Zinger the more I miss the old campers with plenty of jalousie windows and easily reached storage.  Ours has 2 roof vents. One over the bed in front and one in the bathroom.  We have an electric heater but aren't always camped where we can use it.  It's a Stanley and keeps the Zinger comfy.  We don't camp when it's really cold. </B>

Your 2008 has another advantage. The 2010 only has one roof vent, and it's in the bathroom, but it does have a little fan. We did put a Maxxair cover on it. We leave the bathroom door open most of the time. The furnace thermostat is not on the main wall, so the door fits flat against the wall.

<B>Another poor design.... our door can't lay flat against the wall because of the thermostat.  Si it's always in the way. We can't close it or it'll either be too chilly in cool weather, or too hot in warm weather.    The tiny fan it has doesn't make much difference. </B>