two days cold coming, not winterized yet
New TT, two nights temp in the 20s coming up but we want to go camping next week and winterize after that. Plan to hook up hose water, keep propane heater on low, trickle faucets, and put light bulb a...
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Fill your onboard water tank and disconnect the hose. If you trickle the faucets the grey water tank will fill up within a few hours and flood the camper.
Everything else sounds fine.
Trickling water is the worst thing you can do. It will ( maybe ) keep your fresh hose and in house lines from freezing, but what about your 3" stinky slinky ? The very slow trickle through it will freeze, turning it into a 3" poopsickle which will back up into your grey tank, then flood the rig! NEVER TRICKLE an RV . Unless you also have an heated insulated waste hose connected to a sewer line that is below the frost line so it wont freeze , then back up anyway.
Not to mention the waste of water to save you a little inconvenience.
Do yourself service. Learn to winterize in a few minutes with a little pink A/F , compressed air or whatever works for you.
You save money A gallon of pink is a lot cheaper than the power and propane to heat it for one night
