How to prevent Keirig from freezing??

magicbus wrote:

kellem wrote:
Why would you be staying in motel rooms when you're pulling a place to sleep with a furnace ?

I don’t have a trailer but do have a Class B. Generally when we leave for Florida the temp is 15-20 F. When we arrive at our first overnight the coach is warm and I plug in and put on the Truma furnace on electric. Even with this we usually stay winterized for the first two nights but we are nice and warm. I can’t imagine dragging a trailer all day in below freezing temps and not expect it to be cold soaked when pulling over for the night. I think I’d sleep in a motel too! But I’m just supposing this is the OP’s situation.

Dave

I'm not suggesting the OP should sleep in the RV vs.a hotel.
THat is a personnel choice. However my 5'er will warm up to be livable in a about an hour from freezing temps.
Unless one is in bitter cold the RV will heat itself up enough to be habitable in an hour or 2.

kellem wrote:
Why would you be staying in motel rooms when you're pulling a place to sleep with a furnace ?

I don’t have a trailer but do have a Class B. Generally when we leave for Florida the temp is 15-20 F. When we arrive at our first overnight the coach is warm and I plug in and put on the Truma furnace on electric. Even with this we usually stay winterized for the first two nights but we are nice and warm. I can’t imagine dragging a trailer all day in below freezing temps and not expect it to be cold soaked when pulling over for the night. I think I’d sleep in a motel too! But I’m just supposing this is the OP’s situation.

Dave

Run some RV antifreeze through it. JK

Why would you be staying in motel rooms when you're pulling a place to sleep with a furnace ?
The coffee maker would be the least of my worries if my fully stocked trailer was subject to freezing temps.

If you must and talking one night stays, simply set your furnace on a low setting " above freezing ".
One night on a low setting will not kill a charged DC battery....I've done it.

magicbus wrote:
For those wondering why the OP lets his trailer get so cold while he’s using it, it appears to be because when the temps are really low he stays in a motel. I suspect this is why he mentioned keeping it in the truck/motel for 3 days, probably while heading south.

Dave

And you read the OPs post. I believe that’s what he was getting at, but generally his posts are cryptic open-ended questions. Not unlike this query.

For those wondering why the OP lets his trailer get so cold while he’s using it, it appears to be because when the temps are really low he stays in a motel. I suspect this is why he mentioned keeping it in the truck/motel for 3 days, probably while heading south.

Dave

you can't with out putting **** in it that will give you off flavors or wreck pump seals and such. I think we have gone through a couple before I figured out that even when you empty them by the instructions they are not truley empty. we take ours in the house when we winterize the rv and take it back out when we get ready for that first camping of spring. if we have to use the rv during the winter I leave it at home and use the stovetop perculator.

Steve

Even cheap wine at 5% will not freeze solid, just to a slush that will not break anything.
I too am puzzled why your RV is so cold when in use. What do you do with the water system? If it is stored then duh.... take your toys in the house...

I always tell people, if you're going to go camping then learn how to camp.
There are many many ways to make coffee in a camper that do not require warm storage. Get with the program.

OP, you could run some cheap vodka through it (although I realize that it's not nearly as cheap in Canada as it is in the US). It wouldn't take much, and there would be no aftertaste from it. Or you could make some great "coffee" when you get it going again. :B

I have actually heard of folks using it to winterize their RV's.

Always entertaining when a “how to keep water from freezing in cold temperatures” topic comes up. Especially when the proposition is to “run whiskey through it!”

If it's cold enough for your Keurig to freeze while you are in the camper, with heater on (because it is cold), then can't help ya.

If your RV is parked for the winter, take the Keurig home with you and keep it in your nice toasty home.

Mike