Keeping low point drain from freezing
We will be camping next week in Pigeon Forge and they are predicting a few nights of temps down around 17. We have heated tanks but our low point drains are exposed and in the past they have froze. ...
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NEVER EVER trickle the water in the rig to keep supply hose and in house plumbing from freezing. That will work for that purpose, but what about the waste hose? Now that the water is moving ever so slowly through that big 3" slinky it will freeze solid, back up into your holding tanks so you wake to a flooded rig! DO NOT TRICKLE!
Nevermind that in in doing so you waste several hundred gallons of camp water a night, its to save you from disaster!
Its simple. Fill your onboard fresh water tank as needed, then use your pump. Thats what the tank is for, besides dry camping.
To thaw waste valves and low point drains, cut a cardboard box open to slide around the area, close the cut out wedge it up tight against the underbelly, cut a hole for a hair dryer to stick in the hole. Then wait.
Modern RVs use pex piping that can withstand freezing many times without failure. If yours is plumbed with PEX, relax. Thaw it out when you want to winterize.
Nevermind that in in doing so you waste several hundred gallons of camp water a night, its to save you from disaster!
Its simple. Fill your onboard fresh water tank as needed, then use your pump. Thats what the tank is for, besides dry camping.
To thaw waste valves and low point drains, cut a cardboard box open to slide around the area, close the cut out wedge it up tight against the underbelly, cut a hole for a hair dryer to stick in the hole. Then wait.
Modern RVs use pex piping that can withstand freezing many times without failure. If yours is plumbed with PEX, relax. Thaw it out when you want to winterize.
