Can I leave the RV ready for use all winter?
I did find Rich's thread on Winterizing for warmish climates, and it was helpful. But we live in a rural area with somewhat frequent power outages, and we want to leave our RV prepared for use all ...
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Where is the fresh water tank located in the RV? Often it's "inside" the RV, say underneath a bed, and hence heated by the general RV heating system. The holding tanks have heaters because they're more outside the living portion of the RV.
If you drain the water heater, and blow out the lines if they're located where they'd be prone to freeze, I think your plan should be fine. You may need more than 300W worth of heaters to maintain the temperature during really cold weather, and it would be worthwhile to do the usual simple insulating things for the roof vents and windows etc. RVs do vary somewhat in how tight and well insulated they are (or aren't).
If you drain the water heater, and blow out the lines if they're located where they'd be prone to freeze, I think your plan should be fine. You may need more than 300W worth of heaters to maintain the temperature during really cold weather, and it would be worthwhile to do the usual simple insulating things for the roof vents and windows etc. RVs do vary somewhat in how tight and well insulated they are (or aren't).
