If the day time temperature is above freezing, I hook the hose up in the morning and remove it at night if it will be below freezing at night. I hate to use the pump, because it is right under my spot in the bed. It wakes me up every time someone uses water at night. I use the pump as little as possible.
We always travel with 10 - 15 gallons of water in the tank. When we camp long term, we usually fill the fresh water tank in the event of a power outage. Has happened twice. Once was a 12 hour outage, mostly overnight hours. This past summer, we were without power for 5 days. However, on the second day, the campground owners rented a generator to power the well pump.
-Michael
