Question about camping in the winter
Although we have had our RV a year, we didn't use it last winter so we are still learning. We have plans to go to Nashville, TN at the end of December/beginning of January for about a week. I'm thin...
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A lot depends on the RV.. Many Class A's have enclosed tanks in a heated compartment.. Most of those are rated for temps down to 20 degrees with the furnace running as the only heat. They do tell you to open cabnet doors and drawers but.. Know where your pipes are (you don't need to open EVERYTHING, Just the ones that have pipes behind them).
Many trailers have exposed pipes. I worry about those at low temps.
I am in upstate SC. the weather here is slightly warmer than Nashville but come end of Jan, 20s are likely.
I fill the on-board water tank, Unhook and if it's going to freeze DRAIN the water hose and pressure regulator..
I also have a string of incandescent rope lights. ducttaped to the hose (Fancy Duct Tape, the kind with patterns to look good) with excess rope wraped around the regulator.
But it is safer still to drain the hose.
I have added electric heat in the wet bay... Still, when I was up in MI (I could not leave till Thanksgiving, Doctor's orders) I had some lines freeze. No damage, Just had to add more basement heat.
They make peal and stick tank heaters.. I used a string of C-9 Christmas tree bulbs (Around 24 lamps as I recall) these are 9 watt incandescent lamps. so that's 216 watts, plus a 100 watt rough service "Trouble lamp" and I added a 150 watt "Space heater" when it froze... 2 hours later it was flowing again.
There is a problem I need to shoot but .. Well, got to leave SOMETHING for next week. (I arrived down here black Friday and every day it's not raining, and some times even if it is. I have something minor to fix.. yesterday it was some sewing and adding a ground wire to a lamp, today it was laundry, Tomorrow more sewing (it was in the dirty lalundry basket) Sat is's choir practice, Sunday church and change campground.. Monday I may get to the light string, I suspect a broken lamp.
Many trailers have exposed pipes. I worry about those at low temps.
I am in upstate SC. the weather here is slightly warmer than Nashville but come end of Jan, 20s are likely.
I fill the on-board water tank, Unhook and if it's going to freeze DRAIN the water hose and pressure regulator..
I also have a string of incandescent rope lights. ducttaped to the hose (Fancy Duct Tape, the kind with patterns to look good) with excess rope wraped around the regulator.
But it is safer still to drain the hose.
I have added electric heat in the wet bay... Still, when I was up in MI (I could not leave till Thanksgiving, Doctor's orders) I had some lines freeze. No damage, Just had to add more basement heat.
They make peal and stick tank heaters.. I used a string of C-9 Christmas tree bulbs (Around 24 lamps as I recall) these are 9 watt incandescent lamps. so that's 216 watts, plus a 100 watt rough service "Trouble lamp" and I added a 150 watt "Space heater" when it froze... 2 hours later it was flowing again.
There is a problem I need to shoot but .. Well, got to leave SOMETHING for next week. (I arrived down here black Friday and every day it's not raining, and some times even if it is. I have something minor to fix.. yesterday it was some sewing and adding a ground wire to a lamp, today it was laundry, Tomorrow more sewing (it was in the dirty lalundry basket) Sat is's choir practice, Sunday church and change campground.. Monday I may get to the light string, I suspect a broken lamp.
