Grey water use help
RV Newbie here! We just bought a jayco jayflight 17' trailer and need to use it in the blue ridge mtns during the winter. As I understand, the issue with pipe freezing is having water in them. Is i...
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RickLight wrote:The fittings will freeze. They won't stretch.
Does that trailer have a covered underbelly?
If yes, then keeping the furnace running (45-50min) should keep the plumbing happy. If not, then only 'skirting' trailer to the ground and a heater in there, will prevent freezing.
Note that freezing lines takes time and if you're as low as 25-30F for a few hours at night nothing will freeze up. Even if it does, the plastic lines and tanks stretch and are OK.
We camp in snow and live in snow all winter territory.
I have camped at 12 degrees once with a open underbelly.
That TT had all of the freshwater tank/lines inside the heated space. I put a lot of antifreeze in the waste tanks. and ran a generator 24/7 along with the furnace which never shut off. When we left we could not drain the tanks as the valves would not move. No permanent damage.
