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profdant139
Explorer II
Nov 30, 2015

Manual water tank heater hose: see update in first post

(Update -- this simple device really works in the real world. We just spent a week in Yosemite where it did not get above freezing for four days in a row -- and the water lines did not freeze! It wa...
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RTompkins3
Explorer
Dec 19, 2015
If I was going to do this, I would just run the hose from my outdoor shower to the input to my fresh water tank. They are both in the same enclosed area on the side of the trailer. Just turn on the hot water and circulate through the fresh water tank.

Of course - if I'm boondocking and not using a generator, the hot water heater can use a lot of propane pretty quickly.

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