Will pipes freeze camping in 26 deg.weather
We have had our class A 2004 Newmar Kountry Star 33' for a little over a year but have never camped in cold weather. We plan to start heading south very soon and the weather forecast for the first nig...
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bluwtr49 wrote:ScottG wrote:
Running the furnace wont keep the outside portions of pipes from freezing unless you have one of the rare 4 seasons units.
Any exposed low point drains, or black and gray tank pipes exposed will freeze.
Not sure what you mean by the outside portions of pipes. All the MH's I looked at had all the plumbing well inside the bays and/or running along the frame rails. As far as 4 season units, I've only seen ratings like that with towables. Can you give an example of a rare 4 season unit.
It seems like any MH bays will benefit from heat radiated through the floor and if one has central propane heat from the underfloor ducting. If hydronic heating than the circulating lines will do the same thing.
The other day it was 21 here and my bay temp was 56.
What I meant was there are sometimes low point drains - a dead ended small pipe sticking out the bottom of the rig in one or more places that are used to drain lines and tanks. These are especially subject to freezing and breaking.
