Central Florida Freeze

No. It takes sustained 25 or below type temperatures to be any concern at all. Get your night's sleep at home.

In the 41 years we have lived in Orlando there has been only one time that it got as cold as predicted.

Not that it is not possible. I have seen one morning when it was 19 degrees here and one afternoon with snow flurries (in 41 years), but it generally is not quire as cold and not quite as long as the TV weather spooks predict.

I have never done anything to protect a trailer yet, and I'm certainly not starting tonight.

Sleep well.

The only "just in case" action I'm taking is to unhook and drain the fresh water hose. Our fresh tank is full, so it's no hardship to use the pump for a couple of days.

In Arizona, we'll usually hit the mid 20s once or twice every winter. I've never had a pipe freeze up at those temps.

KRex-Tampa wrote:
So on Thursday night, they are expecting the temp. to drop below 32 degrees for about 4 hours throughout the central FL area. Should I be concerned about pipes freezing, etc. I'm thinking not as the ground will clearly not freeze. As a newbee, I want to know if I should take precautionary action like bring the RV from the storage location and running the heat over night? I'd more than likely just sleep in it.

Do you have water in the tank and in the lines? Or did you drain everything down before you put it in storage?

Keep in mind there are no water pipes per sa in an RV all the water lines are very small diameter plastic tubing with crimp on connectors. And contrary to what others said yes 32 degrees freezes water within these small hoses and the crimp on connectors are cheap and not always installed as good as they should.

The frozen water May not completely blow out your lines but a freeze can cause leaks in the tubing,cracks in the pvc pipes, and if there is water in your water pump it can freeze there also that sadly you will find these leaks out later when you go to use the RV.

I am in central Florida right now. I bought a house for the winter months that I am remodeling and the MH is parked out front and I just winterized the MH yesterday for these 2 days of hard freeze.

$30 bucks of antifreeze IMHO is well worth the price of protecting the lines and avoiding costly repairs from water leaks later.

I pour about 6 gallons into the fresh tank and turn all the faucets on till they run pink, same with the toilet and shower. Then I pour the last gallon of antifreeze in all the p-traps.

Takes all of 15 minutes to do to protect your RV.

If it really concerns you, run your furnace on its lowest setting and open all of your cabinets and drawers to let warm air enter where most pipes live. Run your hot water heater too. You won't have any problems.

rockhillmanor wrote:
contrary to what others said yes 32 degrees freezes water within these small hoses

Yes, IF the actual water in those lines freezes. Presuming daytime temps are above freezing, and it's only getting a little below 32, the risk is miniscule. Ice cube trays don't freeze the minute you put them in the freezer.

I'll take your 32 degrees and see you high of 19 today and a low of 4 tonight....lol

YC 1 wrote:
If it really concerns you, run your furnace on its lowest setting and open all of your cabinets and drawers to let warm air enter where most pipes live. Run your hot water heater too. You won't have any problems.

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We have not drained the lines as we were planning on taking it out this weekend. I think we will get the RV early and run some heat tonight just to be sure. I'm sure the kids will want to spend the night in it anyway. :-)