In the snow- tanks below freezing
I'm in northern Arizona. Got a blizzard hit in Williams AZ. It's suppose to go down to 22 tonight. A guy told me I should dump both my tanks and put a gallon of RV anti freeze down the tanks and not...
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The 'problem' will not happen until the tank freezes solid, and there is no place for the ice to expand. Empty tanks are a good start. Filling it by a couple of gallons should not hurt anything.
A little RV antifreese will not hurt, but probably will not be required with such a short stay in cold weather. Don't bother trying to heat the tanks. Running your furnace will heat them some, if they are enclosed.
I have a 97 Bounder with tanks enclosed in the basement. Running the furnace as little as 10 minutes every hour at 19F outside, and the tanks where used as normal, never had any problems. I had a Olympic catalytic heater to keep the inside at 70F. I hope that you have at least one electric heater to take off the chill. It will save a lot of propane. If you have an electric toaster oven or toaster, it will help warm the RV a little bit without running the furnace constantly.
My buddy was camping in Yosemite with exposed tanks on his 1980's travel trailer. The tanks froze, so he got out of there. Once in a campground in Fresno area, the tanks where warm enough to drain, and he was OK, no damage to the RV. I have no idea how cold it was, he did not have an outdoor thermometer.
I was up at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon back in Thanksgiving of 1987 with my 1975 F-350 and camper - without a furnace. I did not stay long, (could not see the canyon through the fog, and there was ice on the ground, along with some snow) and went to Laughlin NV, stayed at the Riverside casino parking lot, and it was in the 80's there.
Good luck,
Fred.
Good luck,
Fred.
A little RV antifreese will not hurt, but probably will not be required with such a short stay in cold weather. Don't bother trying to heat the tanks. Running your furnace will heat them some, if they are enclosed.
I have a 97 Bounder with tanks enclosed in the basement. Running the furnace as little as 10 minutes every hour at 19F outside, and the tanks where used as normal, never had any problems. I had a Olympic catalytic heater to keep the inside at 70F. I hope that you have at least one electric heater to take off the chill. It will save a lot of propane. If you have an electric toaster oven or toaster, it will help warm the RV a little bit without running the furnace constantly.
My buddy was camping in Yosemite with exposed tanks on his 1980's travel trailer. The tanks froze, so he got out of there. Once in a campground in Fresno area, the tanks where warm enough to drain, and he was OK, no damage to the RV. I have no idea how cold it was, he did not have an outdoor thermometer.
I was up at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon back in Thanksgiving of 1987 with my 1975 F-350 and camper - without a furnace. I did not stay long, (could not see the canyon through the fog, and there was ice on the ground, along with some snow) and went to Laughlin NV, stayed at the Riverside casino parking lot, and it was in the 80's there.
Good luck,
Fred.
Good luck,
Fred.
