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profdant139
Explorer II
Nov 15, 2015

How to keep jerry cans from freezing when boondocking?

We just got back from a week in the Sequoias -- great fun, lots of snow, good snow-shoeing. One night it got down to 11 degrees, freezing the water pipe leading from our fresh tank to the pump. (It ...
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profdant139
Explorer II
Nov 16, 2015
Dave, that is a very interesting idea! It sounds like you know a lot more about how the heater works than I do. Would you know of a link that discusses how to tap into that plenum? I am sure that I could fabricate an enclosure for the vulnerable portion of the tank, and it would be pretty easy to run some sort of duct to that point.

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