S&B heat

Ya can never tell

An old family friend headed out for just 6 weeks, left the heat low, etc. Came home and the refer/freezer had failed. Just plain died.

They had to replace the unit as the smell was going to be there FOREVER.

First year we left for winter we set thermo to 50. we came back to a lot of seams on the wallpaper loose. Fixed most but never right. Next year we set thermo to 60 and no new damage. Water is turned off but not drained. We have an alarm that will call if temps are too low or waterflow but thankfully it has never been necessary. Neighbor does a walkthru daily anyway.

We blow the water lines out, add RV anti freeze to the traps and leave the heat at 45°. We do the blowout ourselves and it is just a safety catch should the power should go out. Our temps will get to the -20° range, with the normal in the very low single digits all winter.

We also lower the thermostat to 50 degrees. In addition, we have had Glycol added to our hot water heating system. Protects system from freezes.

We leave heat at 60. We have water turned off.

The THERMO CUBES are handy to plug into any 120VAC Receptacle and then plug an electric heater into the THERMO CUBE. These will turn ON and OFF at different temperature models...

This is what I do when parking my OFF-ROAD POPUP at home... This would be handy for the brick house as well... keeps things from freezing up inside my POPUP trailer...

I use the ON at 35degrees OFF at 45 degrees model TC-3...

Available from AMAZON...

Roy Ken

Freezing and thawing can be hard on the interior of a home, they're not made like an RV. You can get condensation inside as well if the humidity level is up when the you shut off the heat. It doesn't take a much to maintain a temp of 45-50, especially since no one will be opening doors to go in and out. We kept the heat on in our cottage in Caseville, MI, ~1000 sq ft. Cost was minimal, you have a basic charge whether you use any power or not. Just wasn't worth the effort to drain the plumbing and remove everything that could freeze and bust. Plus we did go up in the winter on occasion.

Set heat at 50' and drain the system. Alarms for water leaks and loss of power. Then rely on insurance if there is a problem.

In Charlotte, North Carolina:

Turn ours to 50; even here there is a chance of freeze during winter.

Doug

Around here, SW Mo., most people will set their thermostats at 50*. A few even lower or turned off. We have been fixing a lot of water leaks lately due to the recent Artic Blast.