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Old 12-26-2019, 03:42 PM   #1
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Struggling with HVAC environmentals

If this has been discussed, please point me to the appropriate thread.

2018 Venitian A-40 floor plan. Non hot flashing wife, sleeps up front over the cab. We cant regulate temp on cold nights to keep her cool and me in the bedroom warm. I've tried several combinations of heat pump and furnace selection, while only asking for a modest temperature differential of say 3 degrees (65 & 68 respectively). I know heat rises but we've tried with the master bedroom doors opened and closed. I'm not convinced the doors delineate the same area front vs. rear as how the ducting is installed.

Outside Air temp has been cold, in the upper 30's, so I have tried auto on both systems with furnace selected on too. Last night I woke up to the front heat pump running the A/C and the rear system making heat with a temp at the master bedroom's bed level well over 90 in the rear.

Still haven't been able to solve the smartphone app pairing with the Vega/Mira system yet, which certainly would help and minimize trips to the thermostat in the middle of the night, but it's almost as if delay settings allow huge time and temps swings before triggering on and off limits. Maybe I have a bad temp sensor or perhaps I've obstructed it some how, but I don't even know where to look.

Maybe someone can point out where the actual temp sensors are located on my coach? I'm planning a return to the dealership in 10 days and will insist we solve my pairing issue, which I expect to help some but the long cycle intervals and huge temps swings are less than ideal for night time.

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Old 12-26-2019, 08:08 PM   #2
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Couldn't you just lower your seat? Sorry couldn't help myself. My sensors in our Aria look like this, only black or dark brown.


Crap, can't get the image to load. They are small button sized plastic parts, one under cabinet in the living area, the other over the desk in the bedroom in our Aria
.https://colemanmachac.com/coleman-ai...sor-8330-5191/
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Old 12-26-2019, 08:17 PM   #3
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Electric blanket.

Personal
Singular
Easily set to desired temperature.
Inexpensive to buy
Inexpensive to use.
Repeatable temperatures across any season.
If you set them up with an Echo device and smart plugs, being sure to buy the blankets with analog and not digital control, you can control them by phone or voice.
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Old 12-26-2019, 08:38 PM   #4
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Couldn't you just lower your seat? Sorry couldn't help myself. My sensors in our Aria look like this, only black or dark brown.


Crap, can't get the image to load. They are small button sized plastic parts, one under cabinet in the living area, the other over the desk in the bedroom in our Aria
.https://colemanmachac.com/coleman-ai...sor-8330-5191/
Awesome. Found them both. That may help. They are both unobstructed.
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Old 12-26-2019, 08:39 PM   #5
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Electric blanket.

Personal
Singular
Easily set to desired temperature.
Inexpensive to buy
Inexpensive to use.
Repeatable temperatures across any season.
If you set them up with an Echo device and smart plugs, being sure to buy the blankets with analog and not digital control, you can control them by phone or voice.
I was thinking a small quartz heater, but you'd think in a newer coach they'd have worked out huge temps swings.
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Old 12-26-2019, 08:58 PM   #6
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So a quick test, just breathing on the sensors results in a near instantaneous reading at the control panel. They seem accurate and very responsive.
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Old 12-27-2019, 12:04 AM   #7
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Electric blanket.

Personal
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Easily set to desired temperature.
Inexpensive to buy
Inexpensive to use.
Repeatable temperatures across any season.
If you set them up with an Echo device and smart plugs, being sure to buy the blankets with analog and not digital control, you can control them by phone or voice.
I agree with the elec. blanket.
I always seem to fall asleep quicker with the warm blanket.
Reminds me... I sure do miss my old warm waterbed.
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Old 12-27-2019, 09:46 PM   #8
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Something's wrong with the setup

We can easily control the front and back and keep it within 2 or 3 degrees
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Old 12-27-2019, 10:32 PM   #9
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cut... I sure do miss my old warm waterbed.
Thanks for nothing - now I miss mine too. California king. Forgot all about that dreamscape. Comfortable, warm in the winter, cool in the summer. Never needed A/C with that baby. Just set (or not) and forget. Change the sheets? That wasn't even as bad as trying to do it in my RV - and I have walk-around queen!
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Old 12-28-2019, 12:18 AM   #10
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Actually, I have secretly been looking at them on Amazon etc.
I'm thinking of adding one in basement bedroom. Always perfect firmness. I've never slept so well in my life.
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Old 12-28-2019, 01:50 AM   #11
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Talk about a thread hi-jacking

You turkeys have me thinking too. I had a single as a kid growing up, then a king pine "airplane" with drawer storage underneath in college that was so cozy I was able to live in a garage for a year in the midwest.

Ever had one's heater blanket go into melt down and burn through the mattress? I did...
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Old 12-28-2019, 02:57 AM   #12
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That dark Jacobean stain on the 2×6 inch Pine Frame and Headboards. They just don't make quality furniture like that anymore. Never had the elec. melt down you stated. Maybe if I get one I'll start a waterbed forum & change my name to Rev. Hef.
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Old 01-01-2020, 11:06 PM   #13
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We love our small quartz heater for local heat boost. However you need shore electric for that
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[QUOTE=BlueWaterSUX;217046]If this has been discussed, please point me to the appropriate thread.

Still haven't been able to solve the smartphone app pairing with the Vega/Mira system yet, which certainly would help and minimize trips to the thermostat in the middle of the night, but it's almost as if delay settings allow huge time and temps swings before triggering on and off-limits. Maybe I have a bad temp sensor or perhaps I've obstructed it somehow, but I don't even know where to look.

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Old 01-02-2020, 03:12 PM   #15
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If an electric blanket adds concerns: why not just get a comfy of extra-warm blankets for your bed?
You can at least toss them out of the way; if your Bride decides to pay you a "midnight visit"!
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Old 01-02-2020, 04:33 PM   #16
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i swapped out my thermostat for a Honeywell digital just like in my house. It keeps temp +- 1 deg. Fortunately the wife and I like the same temp


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Old 01-04-2020, 12:55 AM   #17
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i swapped out my thermostat for a Honeywell digital just like in my house. It keeps temp +- 1 deg. Fortunately the wife and I like the same temp
Not so sure this would work because of the totally integrated Vega MiraTouch system, but it might work as a last resort if I really want to bastardize the entire installation.
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Old 01-04-2020, 01:11 AM   #18
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Hmmm... Cal king water bed in the rear of our ws31. That would be interesting to say the least! Can you say super light steering? Can you say bent rear overhang, too? I knew you could!! LOL
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