So at work today, the discussion of household heating and gas/electricity bills came up (entering winter Down Under), and I commented that we have our central heating set to 14 Celsius (approx 57 Freedoms) overnight, and off during the day/evening. We find that 14 is quite comfortable under a fluffy doona/duvet. I was warmly mocked (well natured), and informed that something closer to 24C (75F) is appropriate, day and night.

Surely not… right?

  • fratermus
    2·
    1 year ago

    I live offgrid in a campervan and do not have HVAC in the normal sense. I follow mild weather, aiming for daily highs of 65-70deg F. Because I camp in arid regions this usually means overnight lows of 35-45F. I try to avoid overnight freezes for comfort and to protect my water system.

    My roof vent is set to 65F (comes on then and tries to hold that temp). The LiFePO4 battery bank is warmed to 50F. At night I use an electric blanket and dogbuddy to stay warm if needed.

    • tallwookie@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      what you’re doing is what I want to do - do you have any suggestions for links to/communities on lemmy or other federated platforms? liked vandwellers back on reddit a lot but cant find something similar here.

      my rig is a 1987 Ford/Grumman Kabmaster, it’s been in the shop for a while now.

      • CherenkovBlue@iusearchlinux.fyi
        3·
        1 year ago

        Not OP but I haven’t found one yet (though I haven’t looked exhaustively). I think it would be popular if you made a community though!

        VanLife, Teardrop trailers…

      • fratermus
        1·
        1 year ago

        do you have any suggestions for links to/communities on lemmy or other federated platforms?

        I’ve been poking around but haven’t found anything. Giving serious thought to starting a community (lemmy) or magazine (kbin) but haven’t picked a side yet as a post-reddit home. I’d like to include carfolk since there are many shared challenges.

        my rig is a 1987 Ford/Grumman Kabmaster,

        Outstanding rig. There were no stepvans available around me at the time I was buying because of a Perfect Storm:

        • food truck craze - anything vaguely operable was snatched up
        • “hork every 4bt for rockcrawler jeeps” craze
        • “scrap the abandoned backyard projects because aluminum prices just spiked” craze :-(

        I still covet those straight walls and all that roof real estate for panel. I drive very little and even then at ~55mph so I think I would have been quite happy in one.

        it’s been in the shop for a while now

        Hopefully it will emerge victorious and not require you to sell off any children to pay the bill. :-)