Will motor home freeze traveling in cold weather?

There may be another issue with running the standard RV furnace depending on how you are setup. Burning your propane is not an issue but the furnace 12VDC blower system will drain a good 6-8AMPS from your coach battery. This is a pretty big 12VDC drain. Depending on how you are setup it might drain your coach battery below 50% charge state in as little as 6-8 hours of being on the road. Hopefully your Motorhome charging system would keep up with the coach 12VDC power drain when on the road...

No problem here if your motorhome is using the AQUA-HOT Hydronic hot water heating system.

This is a big deal with the pulled trailers...

Roy Ken

Frankly, if your furnace heats the basement, I wouldn't be concerned.

tandkj wrote:
All of your lines should have been winterized by now. Just leave the pink stuff in until you get to TX and then summerize. Re-winterize before going back north if necessary. Cost should be less than $20 and you are safe.

This is the "Peace of Mind" method. You don't have to think twice about it!

I agree with Nelson, to be on the safe side, no water in lines. But depending on how cold it is you will probably have to run the furnace to keep warm, as the chassis heat probably won't be enough at times. When we travelled in our Diplomat we had to have it on coming south.
Macktee

We're heading to Fl from MI in February. The MH will stay winterized until we get to warmer temps. That may be on the way or not until FL, we'll have to wait and see. We carry gallon jugs of water to flush the toilet, wash hands, etc.

I would not put water in the lines, Use jugs of water for what you need and you ahould be fine.

All of your lines should have been winterized by now. Just leave the pink stuff in until you get to TX and then summerize. Re-winterize before going back north if necessary. Cost should be less than $20 and you are safe.

Probably not. Unless ALL lines are enclosed in heated areas, the wind will freeze them.