Outside storage in snow
First time living in snow country...for those of you who store your RV outside: 1) Do you keep your trailer plugged into the house and put a small space heater inside and set it at 40 degrees? ...
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lots2seeinmyrv wrote:
First time living in snow country...for those of you who store your RV outside:
1) Do you keep your trailer plugged into the house and put a small space heater inside and set it at 40 degrees?
2) Keeping the battery charged...if I keep the trailer plugged into the house it will stay charged. OR is it best to pull out the battery and put it in the basement so it does not freeze.
Would like to know your procedure.
Thank you.
1) No!! What a horrible waste of electric that would be (even at 40 degrees).
You do have to winterize the plumbing so that it isn't damaged from freezing water.
2) Assuming you're using a stock converter, leaving it plugged in could be bad for your batteries. I leave mine unplugged and let the solar panel keep the batteries charged, but without the solar panel, I would make sure the batteries are fully charged, disconnect them completely, reconnect them every couple months for a few hours to charge back up. Fully charged batteries won't freeze in MD. (Dead batteries could.)
