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dcason
Explorer
Jul 04, 2017

Camping freezing night temps...talk to me

Hubby and I prefer boondocking to anything else and we have done a lot of it. We are exploring staying in higher elevations where it would get down lower than our 29+ degree comfort range (mine mostly I think).

I understand if the daytime temps are 45+ we are probably okay since it will probably just touch the low temps for a short time overnight. I should also mention we do have tank heaters in our class C but not being plugged in they would suck our batteries down. Like most any rv the insulation in the walls is pathetic...not concerned about the temps in the rv only as they relate to pipes freezing.

Any words of wisdom....we won't be hanging out in any particular place more than maybe 5 days.

I am talking Wild West 2017....Utah, Nevada, Arizona mostly....been out there every couple of years and since we have to go October 1st and no sooner, I hate getting pushed down to lower Arizona for this time period.

We have mr. buddy heater.

Donna in NY

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  • I would say use your buddy heater at all times during your wake period, but put the furnace on about 60 F from bedtime until morning wake time if it is expected to be below 25. Air gets circulated better with the furnace and you only need to worry about the most vulnerable places, outside shower and dump valves in the low 20's or lower.