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FS65 25 ft bus heater question
We’re starting to get to the nitty gritty of figuring out what kind of heating we want. We had to take out the front right passenger heater in order to remove the last piece of plywood flooring In order to treat for rust. We have already shortened the coolant lines from the back heater so the driver side heater is still functioning. We’re curious what the function of the passenger side heater is? Does it take care of defrost? We dont plan on full time living. We’ll be using this more like a camper and if we do long trips, we’ll be chasing that 75 degree sweet zone. Maybe one big loop around the country or so, but, mostly hanging in the western US. This will be our retirement vehicle to go hang out at festivals, by the rivers and oceans. We’ve been reading on skoolie.net voraciously and watching lots of YouTube. We’ve seen that some buses remove that front right heater to use that area for walk on storage for coats, shoes, etc... However, we want to be comfortable if we’re driving at night or in the mountains and its cold.
With a short bus, we”ll be limited by area on solar panels. We’d like to run a mini split while camping. Ive been reading that they dont do well while driving, and, to run on solar, looks like we would need 8 panels. We’re concerned that if we use a generator to run one while boondocking, all we’ll here is the generator! I hate going into an RV area and being surrounded by generators humming away. No sound of water, wildlife, and wind. Are there quite generators that are efficient so we could carry enough fuel for 2 to 3 weeks out? Are there better solar panels that will run a mini split without using all our roof space for panels? I had hoped for a 4x4 rooftop deck. I hope not to many questions in one post!
Thank you for any input!
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