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bounder35
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Jan 08, 2017

Frozen water pipe

Just got home from a trip and stopped a few days in Gatlinburg. Last night it snowed 5 inches and went down to 18 degrees. Of course we had our heat on, both furnaces and also our heat strip. Our water worked fine this morning. We left Gatlinburg around 2 to go home to Cincinnati and we also had heat on the whole way home. When we got home it is now 14 degrees, no water out of any faucet. I am lucky to have a heated garage. In about thirty minutes the water started running again. I have a 2011 Fleetwood Discovery. Any one else ever have this problem . I thought running the heat always keeped the water lines and tanks protected. Any ideas ?
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    Trackrig
    Explorer II
    Jan 08, 2017
    The Mh going down the road is just like a house in the wind. When the MH is sitting still in one place, it's a mass of warm air. When you start driving it down the road it's like a 60 - 65MPH wind just came up seeping into every little crack forcing the warm air out from the various compartments where the water pipes and tanks are. If a 65MPH wind comes up at your house, it's going to get colder also.

    Bill

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