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FSAD
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Aug 20, 2017

School me on heated tanks and enclosed underbelly stuff

I want to buy a travel trailer toy hauler that I don't have to worry about the plumbing if the temperatures drop below freezing overnight. But during the day they're fine. In other words I'm not going...
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rockhillmanor
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Aug 20, 2017
You have to PHYSICALLY get under or into and LOOK at what the manufacturer is calling "heated" anything before you buy! Don't even bother asking the salesman either.

I found out my "heated" tanks turned out to be nothing more than splitting my bedroom heat duct and sending half of the heat intended for the bedroom to the sewage bay to 'heat' the tanks.

Yup my sewage tanks and valves never freeze but I sure do get cold in winter time in the bedroom with half the heat being diverted to the sewage bay. :R

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