RV water hose/spigot issue (winter)
Good afternoon folks. You guys have been super helpful over the last few weeks so hopefully you can help. We are currently living on out land in the fifth wheel as are building our home. We ha...
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Not on our MH connection but in the "Global Cooling" was about and wells were freezing deep. I used a heat tape in the well house but still had to set a small heater in there. The well house was very wele insulated too but... all the surrounding ground froze. The lakes froze over, and the high for weeks was well below freezing. We had snows on top of snows already here and this was in..Tennessee. Uncle who operated apple and peach orchards in Indiana had it much much worse. Couldn't get to a paved road and no electricity, and wells froze deep.
They lived off deer and rabbits in the orchards and cut fruit trees to burn in the huge fireplaces.
So it depend on how cold it is going to get. I would buy an expensive but effective headed insulated hose, and construct good design insulated small shed or whatever the term should be over the hose bibb and going into the ground for a ways. If the bibb doesn't freeze I would just fill my tanks and disconnect the hose perhaps but not as convenient. The wet bay is poorly or not at all insulated so a severe duty not polymer coated bulb in the bay, or if you can find one and a safe arrangement a small heater. I'm not really a fan of this last idea unless there is one designed with a very good thermostat that is moisture proof and won't decide to overheat things.
They lived off deer and rabbits in the orchards and cut fruit trees to burn in the huge fireplaces.
So it depend on how cold it is going to get. I would buy an expensive but effective headed insulated hose, and construct good design insulated small shed or whatever the term should be over the hose bibb and going into the ground for a ways. If the bibb doesn't freeze I would just fill my tanks and disconnect the hose perhaps but not as convenient. The wet bay is poorly or not at all insulated so a severe duty not polymer coated bulb in the bay, or if you can find one and a safe arrangement a small heater. I'm not really a fan of this last idea unless there is one designed with a very good thermostat that is moisture proof and won't decide to overheat things.
