Using the Cabover in Freezing weather
I have to remove the camper from the truck, and I will have 110VAC plug in available. But I'm worried about my 12 gal tank of water freezing. I know the Daytime temps will be low 40s, but after a...
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I helped out my OFF-ROAD POPUP Trailer cold weather camping situation by installing those 2-inch plastic vents between all of my interior cabinets etc that are connected. At one end I installed a 6-inch DC axial fan and a vent on the other end. This helped out big time circulating the interior heat throughout all of the closed interior cabinets.
My fresh water tank is mounted on the bottom of my off-road popup and it does not have any underbelly membrane utilized. I just bite the bullet and drain the fresh water tank if I am going to be in freeze temps for long extended time. I carry a couple of 5-gallon fresh water totes with me and usually can go find water the next day somewhere close by.
We also use the blow out method using my 12VDC compressor and add pink stuff to the sink p-traps. Can do this is a quick 5-minutes time. I like this as you can just add water again the next day and continue on...
I'm starting to think of adding a couple of heat zones doing the HYDRONIC method using my on-board 6-gallon hot water heater to circulate hot water around these areas. Being a closed loop the propane or electric anodes from an inverter will cycle on and off maintaining water temperature.
This Hydronic heat concept should work wonders in our small trailer footprint floorplans.
We do some camping in the high country here on the East side with temps down to the 30s and lower. When it gets in the 20s and teens starts getting your attention. Found out real quick the on-board propane heater fan really eats up batteries real quick. We also run a two zone electric blanket off our inverter setup and run on low. Just the right touch sometimes being just under the outer blanket.
Everything is planned out to not drop our battery bank below 12.0VDC by 8AM the next morning where we can run our 2KW generator when allowed to recharge our batteries back up to their 90% charge state using smart mode charging.
We have pretty good success surviving the cold weather around the mtns here in the late camping season.
Roy Ken
My fresh water tank is mounted on the bottom of my off-road popup and it does not have any underbelly membrane utilized. I just bite the bullet and drain the fresh water tank if I am going to be in freeze temps for long extended time. I carry a couple of 5-gallon fresh water totes with me and usually can go find water the next day somewhere close by.
We also use the blow out method using my 12VDC compressor and add pink stuff to the sink p-traps. Can do this is a quick 5-minutes time. I like this as you can just add water again the next day and continue on...
I'm starting to think of adding a couple of heat zones doing the HYDRONIC method using my on-board 6-gallon hot water heater to circulate hot water around these areas. Being a closed loop the propane or electric anodes from an inverter will cycle on and off maintaining water temperature.
This Hydronic heat concept should work wonders in our small trailer footprint floorplans.
We do some camping in the high country here on the East side with temps down to the 30s and lower. When it gets in the 20s and teens starts getting your attention. Found out real quick the on-board propane heater fan really eats up batteries real quick. We also run a two zone electric blanket off our inverter setup and run on low. Just the right touch sometimes being just under the outer blanket.
Everything is planned out to not drop our battery bank below 12.0VDC by 8AM the next morning where we can run our 2KW generator when allowed to recharge our batteries back up to their 90% charge state using smart mode charging.
We have pretty good success surviving the cold weather around the mtns here in the late camping season.
Roy Ken
