Fresh Water Tank Freezing
I live in area where it occasionally gets cold enough for freezing damage to be a legit issue - so I winterize the rig every year - which includes dumping the FW tank. But I would really like to le...
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wa8yxm wrote:This is the simplest way to have water when it's cold out.
If you want a "lifeboat" I'd have like 10 gallons (2 five gallon jerry cans) of water inside the sticks and bricks and if you need to book, take 'em out to the RV and re-winterize by the "S" method (Drive soUTH) till you can tank up. Use the jerry cans inside till you get warmer.
You can install a heat pad with a thermostatically controlled connector to power. If you insulate outside of the heat pad and tank with extruded foam board, you won't use a lot of power in Oregon to keep the tank liquid. Installing an additional heat tape around the tank output and the pump might save your bacon, too.
FWIW, years ago, I built an enclosure around an above-ground pipe array in St. Paul, MN. The pipe array and manifold needed to be operable through the Winter. I made a plywood box with removable cover, insulated with 2" extruded foam, and installed a 100W light bulb with fixture. At -10f, the temperature inside the 4' x 8' enclosure was 80f.
