Outfitter Apex 8 Winter (Freezing) Camping

Geewizard wrote:

Oldtymeflyr wrote:
We have a Apex 8 Outfitter and we are good to about -10 degrees. We travel with fresh water and use the toilet just as we would in the summer.

During the day the furnace will be used when its below zero to keep the temperature in the 40's. We have also had to add a computer fan to circulate heated air to the passenger side, front corner of our Outfitter.

Our tanks are heated.

We have found that at some temperature below -20 degrees our propane regulator will freeze and we are out of business. We don't use the camper in that cold a weather.

Yes, the furnace keeps up well, it does not run constantly. The fridge we watch so things do not freeze. We have a blanket over the large dinette window and covers on the inside of the ceiling vents.

Good Luck.

Rick

Ditto. This has been my experience as well, more or less. I don't use a blanket over the dinette window since I have the Seitz double pane windows. I just close the blind to create another air space.
I also carry another propane tank.

Outfitter TCs have heated tanks just for this purpose.

I hate long quotes, but it seemed appropriate this time. We also have an Apex8 and we have stayed comfortably down to 10 degrees many times. The first time the water line froze under the dinette seat along the passenger side. Problem was the water line was routed next to the wall. I moved it away from the wall and added foam insulation. Also, I added foam insulation under the outside shower cover on the driver's side. Absolutely no frozen water lines since then.

Use some auxiliary electric, but let your furnace run some because that heats your basement where your tanks are.