Winter-Proofing your RV in cold locations....
We're currently on a 10 day RV trip during which we have had to change our plans.... Originally we were going to spend a few days at my favorite National Park here - Zion - but a Utah paper had sai...
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There are quite a few answers here, and they vary quite a bit, mainly because we don't know how your RV is equipped.
If it's set up at all for cold weather use, disconnecting the hoses and turning on the furnace (and heating pads for the tanks, if you have them) should be sufficient. It would not be a bad idea to have the water heater on at least periodically as well.
If the plumbing or tanks are exposed underneath, things are a lot trickier.
The furnace uses quite a bit of battery power if you aren't connected to shore power. I would want a minimum of two good batteries (either two 12V or a pair of golf cart batteries) for boondocking and even so plan on recharging them each day, probably morning and night. A single battery would be pretty marginal, I think.
If it's set up at all for cold weather use, disconnecting the hoses and turning on the furnace (and heating pads for the tanks, if you have them) should be sufficient. It would not be a bad idea to have the water heater on at least periodically as well.
If the plumbing or tanks are exposed underneath, things are a lot trickier.
The furnace uses quite a bit of battery power if you aren't connected to shore power. I would want a minimum of two good batteries (either two 12V or a pair of golf cart batteries) for boondocking and even so plan on recharging them each day, probably morning and night. A single battery would be pretty marginal, I think.
