Getting cold tonight – risk of frozen pipes?
I'm at 7,000 ft. elevation and the weather forecast for tonight is a low of 26 degrees F. After that the nightly lows are expected to be 34 degrees and above. Should I worry about something freezing...
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racerguy wrote:The Texan wrote:
Darn, what do all you people do when it actually gets cold..:?.. My icemaker has never ben drained, just blown out and with temps of well below zero, never had a problem. 26° is NOT cold for an RV as long as it is less than 12-18 hours duration. Will be 17° here tonight and we are doing NOTHING special other than disconnecting the water hose till it warms above freezing in the morning.
I'm curious how you can blow out the ice maker but not drain the water?
If you disconnect the line from the output of the ice maker solendiod, anywater will drain out, it's not actually connected to anything at the top, it just kinda flows into the ice maker.
FYI, every rv ice maker line I have seen was wrapped in heat tape.
Also fyi, the working of the fridge keeps things pretty warm back there. If it gets really cold, cover all but one air inlet in the lower fridge vent cover.
