Electric Heater vs Winterizing
Have you tried keeping tanks warm with a small electric heater instead of winterizing. How has that worked for you?
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I winterize. It's cheaper than running an electric heater all winter. If I wanted to run a heater, I'd have to put in some auxiliary fans to blow heat in the basement, which uses more electricity.
The tanks are empty anyway, so it's kind of useless in my case to need to heat them - but that's because I take the camper off the truck and don't use it in the winter.
It takes maybe 15-20 minutes from the time I start gathering up the air hose, air fitting and antifreeze, and then put everything away after I'm done.
It only takes about a half gallon of RV antifreeze to do my AF811.
I first blow out the lines with low pressure compressed air, then use the suction tube in the plumbing to draw antifreeze directly out of the jug.
The tanks are empty anyway, so it's kind of useless in my case to need to heat them - but that's because I take the camper off the truck and don't use it in the winter.
It takes maybe 15-20 minutes from the time I start gathering up the air hose, air fitting and antifreeze, and then put everything away after I'm done.
It only takes about a half gallon of RV antifreeze to do my AF811.
I first blow out the lines with low pressure compressed air, then use the suction tube in the plumbing to draw antifreeze directly out of the jug.
