Winter weather without winterizing?
I've had my 2007 NL 10'2"QRR for around 1.5 years. Last winter the camper was at the dealer for some work and all they had me do was drain the water and run air through the system. Neither I nor the...
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Seattle here (98103). We use are camper weekends all winter long. We keep our camper ready to go (also acts as our earthquake prep). I run an oil electric heater with a thermostat, set low, and the heater set to low power (800 watts). This morning during this cold snap it was 26 degrees outside and 41 in the camper. Camper is beside the garage, plugged into a 20 amp circuit and I have a wireless thermometer in the house that gives the temperature inside the camper. If it gets really cold I could crank up the thermostat and/or let the heater run at full power.
To keep the tanks from freezing I have two options. I replaced the analog thermometer with a digital one that has a separate fan control. It allows me to run the fan that Northwood installs in the basement without having to run the furnace. This is my quick and easy option though I usually don't use it.
Second, there is a vent to the basement by the bathroom and another vent on the other side near the bed. I take off the vent cover off on one end and just screw place an AC powered computer fan sucking the air out over the hole. This provides significantly more flow than the fan in option one so I usually just run with that. Takes me 3 minutes to put the fan in place or remove it.
I also have a night light in the camper placed so that I can see it from inside the house. That way I can easily check that AC power is live in the camper.
We have been doing this for almost 6 years and never had a problem. Very nice to just add in fresh food, some additional clothes, take the heater out, disconnect, and go camping. Maybe I'm just getting older but in our experience the more preparation you have to do to go camping the less camping you do.
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To keep the tanks from freezing I have two options. I replaced the analog thermometer with a digital one that has a separate fan control. It allows me to run the fan that Northwood installs in the basement without having to run the furnace. This is my quick and easy option though I usually don't use it.
Second, there is a vent to the basement by the bathroom and another vent on the other side near the bed. I take off the vent cover off on one end and just screw place an AC powered computer fan sucking the air out over the hole. This provides significantly more flow than the fan in option one so I usually just run with that. Takes me 3 minutes to put the fan in place or remove it.
I also have a night light in the camper placed so that I can see it from inside the house. That way I can easily check that AC power is live in the camper.
We have been doing this for almost 6 years and never had a problem. Very nice to just add in fresh food, some additional clothes, take the heater out, disconnect, and go camping. Maybe I'm just getting older but in our experience the more preparation you have to do to go camping the less camping you do.
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