Keeping Tanks from Freezing During Transit
Greetings. I'm planning on doing some winter travel this year to areas with typical temps in the single digits. How do we keep the tanks and such from freezing while we transit between camping locat...
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My tanks are heated with a duct from my furnace, so I don't have that problem.
People that do not have a heat duct usually have to dump them.
A few things that you could try and will help depending on the how severe the temps are :
Black tank....wrap the tank with some kind of insulation and use windshield washer antifreeze fluid to flush . you'll get a slushy mix but can usually still dump it .
If you use the gray water tank, you have to dump it before it freezes.
Keeping the wind off the tanks by insulating them , the trucks movement as well as the mixture of windshield washer antifreeze helps with complete freeze ups.
Carry a hair dryer , sometimes the dump valve freezes.
They also make 12 v pads :
Rv holding tank heating pads
another heating pad
more rv.net discussion on topic
Good luck ,
Bob
People that do not have a heat duct usually have to dump them.
A few things that you could try and will help depending on the how severe the temps are :
Black tank....wrap the tank with some kind of insulation and use windshield washer antifreeze fluid to flush . you'll get a slushy mix but can usually still dump it .
If you use the gray water tank, you have to dump it before it freezes.
Keeping the wind off the tanks by insulating them , the trucks movement as well as the mixture of windshield washer antifreeze helps with complete freeze ups.
Carry a hair dryer , sometimes the dump valve freezes.
They also make 12 v pads :
Rv holding tank heating pads
another heating pad
more rv.net discussion on topic
Good luck ,
Bob
