Cockpit Heating

Some people are warm blooded and some are cold blooded. Although not scientifically correct, this statement means that some RVers always seem to be plenty warm, and others are never warm enough. But if you have one of each riding in your RV, this can pose a problem.

The problem is further exacerbated by the fact that the Ford V 10 heater box is located on the passengers side, and in our unit at least, had two open ports to supply heat to the copilot and one port connected to a 2 inch duct going to the pilots side of the dash.

This resulted in the warm blooded copilot receiving much more heater output than the coldblooded pilot.

The solution seemed (and ended up being) relatively simple. Get another piece of heater hose, attach it to one of the two ports of the heater box that were delivering heat to the passengers feet, and route the hose under the dash to the driver’s side. It worked marvelously well.

In some situations it was still a little warm for Linda, so we took a plastic "bottle top" which was just the right size to fit over the heater box outlet port, and made a hole in it. This effectively made the passenger side heater box port outlet about half it’s original size, and the cap can be popped on and off easily. When Linda drives, I pop off the cap and if necessary, bundle up.

Since dash air is almost always delivered through the dash vents and not the foot vent, and the dash vents are all individually adjustable, cooling was essentially not affected.

Just something for you to consider if your marriage happens to have a "heat imbalance."

Doug