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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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tpi
Explorer
Nov 20, 2015
How about some kind of very slow recirculation from water heater back to the fresh tank? Something just to keep the water system above freezing-not much. Downside would be the cycling noise of the water pump but there are quiet circulating pumps @ 12 volt. I suspect it would take limited power and propane because you're only aiming for a bit over freezing..

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