traveling in the cold question

alenk wrote:
You might try to drain the H20 system and dump tanks before you travel. You can carry a couple of gallon milk jugs of water to flush the toilet if necessary. Don't forget to drain the flush valve on the commode, too. Drain after staying somewhere overnight.
I definitely would not keep the heater running while on the road, as I've heard suggested at times. That's a good way to catch your rig on fire.
Is there a bottom cover of that plastic corrigated stuff (coroplast) on your KZ? If so, the coroplast should keep it from freezing at temps you'll encounter.
Just my thoughts on the subject. I'm going to be traveling in Northern OK during Thanksgiving, also. I've drained everything, so the pipes should be empty, and we're going to travel without using water on the trip; We'll have 20 to 25 gallons in the fresh water tank, to use while we're there. I'm guessing the sloshing water won't freeze, and while we're there, the heater will keep it safe.

Why do you say that? Thats not true.

You can take gas heater with our, and a lot of warm clothes. I avoid travelling when it is cold

We're seldom out when it's freezing but when we are, we take along some RV antifreeze to flush the toilet.

We've driven about 600 miles while well below freezing and no problems. Spent several nights and no problems with freezing. The furnaces provide some heat in the compartments and they are all tight. No light gets out when you turn on the bay lights with the exception of the wet bay. I think we got that taken care of two years ago at the factory. A little comes in around the fresh water hose door.
I left the bay lights on a few times out of concern over the cold. They put out quite a bit of heat. However, I turned them on in storage once and the switch burned out. They had it plugged into 20 amp. There might have been a surge. The only sensible thing to do is provide some heat in the water bay or all the bays. A heavier wire and very small heaters of as many do light bulbs or a lighting fixture or the present light fixture. Plenty of juice when plugged in and furnaces run on the road and if not enough turn on bay lights and or generator if too much for whatever heating is installed.
Not hooked up; an auto gen start...which I keep going to do but haven't got round to it.

Not traveling, but at night while sleeping, I would open cabinet doors to pipes (kitchen and bathrooms). We also keep the water heater running overnight - on electric if possible. Some folks recommend disconnecting the water hose at night. Also, bring in the slides while you sleep.

I have traveled with my furnace on, and WH. Depends on how cold 'freezing' is. If any pipes are actually exposed to the outside, that's really tough to protect.

You might try to drain the H20 system and dump tanks before you travel. You can carry a couple of gallon milk jugs of water to flush the toilet if necessary. Don't forget to drain the flush valve on the commode, too. Drain after staying somewhere overnight.
I definitely would not keep the heater running while on the road, as I've heard suggested at times. That's a good way to catch your rig on fire.
Is there a bottom cover of that plastic corrigated stuff (coroplast) on your KZ? If so, the coroplast should keep it from freezing at temps you'll encounter.
Just my thoughts on the subject. I'm going to be traveling in Northern OK during Thanksgiving, also. I've drained everything, so the pipes should be empty, and we're going to travel without using water on the trip; We'll have 20 to 25 gallons in the fresh water tank, to use while we're there. I'm guessing the sloshing water won't freeze, and while we're there, the heater will keep it safe.