Winterizing an Alp Adventurer89B
I need to store our Truckcamper arround Baltimore tomorrow, where the nights still get freezing cold. I looked up the manual, but I don‘t find the valves to empty the watersystem and the hotwater boil...
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Probably too late now, but I just checked the weather forecast for Baltimore, MD for the next 10 days and it is not going to get anywhere near freezing. Upper 30's is as cold as it's going to get.
Water doesn't freeze instantly at 32F. It takes some time, and how long depends on how much water there is, how still it is, and how much insulation there is between the water and the outside temperature.
Ok, in an RV water line, there's not much water and it's sitting pretty still, BUT there is a LOT of insulation between the water and the outside air. The water lines themselves are good insulation, as is the air space around them that's trapped in by the camper's walls. When there is low "delta-T" that is difference in temperature, heat transfer is VERY slow. You would need DAYS at 30F to freeze the water in a camper, and as stated earlier, Baltimore isn't getting anywhere near freezing, so you're fine.
Water doesn't freeze instantly at 32F. It takes some time, and how long depends on how much water there is, how still it is, and how much insulation there is between the water and the outside temperature.
Ok, in an RV water line, there's not much water and it's sitting pretty still, BUT there is a LOT of insulation between the water and the outside air. The water lines themselves are good insulation, as is the air space around them that's trapped in by the camper's walls. When there is low "delta-T" that is difference in temperature, heat transfer is VERY slow. You would need DAYS at 30F to freeze the water in a camper, and as stated earlier, Baltimore isn't getting anywhere near freezing, so you're fine.
