Winter Camping in Cold
New owner of a Nash 25C travel trailer. Planning trip to Lake Tahoe next week where we will see freezing temps. We will be at a park on shore power.
Recently bought a space heater that i think will keep us warm inside and my preference is to use this heater as much as possible. The issue i have which i cant seem to find an easy solution to is if i want to have access to water and use the toilets, i need to keep the holding tanks warm, and the only way to do that is to run the heater constantly, albeit can be a low temp of 55 for example. However, if i am running the space heater inside to keep us at a comfortable 68 lets, say, there is no way to have the furnace running low to keep the holding tanks warm.
The more i think about this, the more i think i only have two options: 1.) abandon my space heater idea and run propane exclusively, allowing me full use of water. or 2.) use space heater but have zero water access, requiring showering and toileting elsewhere.
Am i missing anything? Any experienced RV'ers with a thought here would be much appreciated. Again, my ultimate goal is using electricity (as little propane as possible) to keep us warm, but still being able to shower and toilet.
Thanks so much!
Recently bought a space heater that i think will keep us warm inside and my preference is to use this heater as much as possible. The issue i have which i cant seem to find an easy solution to is if i want to have access to water and use the toilets, i need to keep the holding tanks warm, and the only way to do that is to run the heater constantly, albeit can be a low temp of 55 for example. However, if i am running the space heater inside to keep us at a comfortable 68 lets, say, there is no way to have the furnace running low to keep the holding tanks warm.
The more i think about this, the more i think i only have two options: 1.) abandon my space heater idea and run propane exclusively, allowing me full use of water. or 2.) use space heater but have zero water access, requiring showering and toileting elsewhere.
Am i missing anything? Any experienced RV'ers with a thought here would be much appreciated. Again, my ultimate goal is using electricity (as little propane as possible) to keep us warm, but still being able to shower and toilet.
Thanks so much!
