Define ''All Season'' campers please

billtex wrote:
As bob noted…using the H20 system when it gets REAL cold is the challenge. In the past we have restricted our winter camping to the shoulder season in New England…usually end of Feb/ early March. We try to plan our ski trips so day time temps get above freezing (32 deg F), this strategy seems to forgive a lot of sins. If something freezes up during the night (which can still be single digits at night), it usually thaws during the day while we are out skiing. The only area I have found frozen was around the dump valve, which on our last camper was external.

We are now considering using the new camper right through the heart of winter this year. That means temps like you just saw. It could go weeks without temps reaching above 32 deg F in New England, and that is a whole new challenge…IF you want to use H20.
We may decide not to use the H20 system, which really simplifies the freezing issue…

To respond to your question; 4 season camper…it depends. You can stay warm enough, and with a little extra insulation you can minimize propane use. Fans, opening cabinet doors, bath doors can all help. The real challenge is the H20 system. If that freezes, and you have no way to thaw in a short time…you may get some plumbing damage…and that could suck bad.

To do it over everything the same, say next weekend I would likely just skip loading water in the H2O system....would just bring several jugs of water for drinking and some for flushing the toilet. And put a bunch of antifreeze in the black tank.

Would not load any freshwater into the tank. That would solve a lot of it.

But really should I have to do that for 5 degrees in an All Season Camper with Arctic in the name? And we'd likely just leave the furnace at an even higher setting... This was a first for us at this temp. We've camped many times where it freezes at night but not 5-15 degrees for the whole weekend.