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profdant139
Explorer II
Dec 06, 2017

Mini-catalytic heater for keeping tanks warm off-grid??

I really want to enclose my underbelly and do more cold weather camping. But unless I have a huge solar array (impossible on such a small trailer), I can't power the heat tapes to keep the tanks from...
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time2roll
Nomad
Dec 06, 2017
afaik the waste water can freeze just fine. Put a gallon of pink to protect the valve some and let it freeze. Fresh water I recommend circulating the hot water into the main tank periodically.

Electric resistance heat from a battery is a fools errand. Could get a fuel cell but that is too much $$ for most of us.

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