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thomkatt
Explorer
Oct 20, 2014

Use during winter in Mid-West

This winter I will be having to travel to Iowa and Indiana. I will be on the road for a week and will not be staying in an RV park.
Only one day of travel, then parked for a few days before returning.


Issue is, what do I need to do for the plumbing? I have found one heat duct but don't know if it is going to keep the plumbing and tanks warm enough to travel.

I have a 2005 Sun Voyager and can't seem to find out if this is indeed all I need. There is no heat in the drain compartment that I can find.

Any thoughts would be appreciated as this will be my first winter with it.
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  • olfarmer's avatar
    olfarmer
    Explorer II
    Oct 21, 2014
    WOW, I live in Iowa and it is cold here in Feb. I wouldn't want to do it even with hookups let alone dry camping. I would leave everything winterized and use RV antifreeze to flush the stool, bottled water to drink and have a water container inside the RV for washing and cooking etc. We have headed south for Texas in late Feb. and that is what we do until we get out of the freezing weather. Best of luck!
  • Passin_Thru's avatar
    Passin_Thru
    Explorer
    Oct 21, 2014
    It's fun in an Arctic Fox. They don't freeze at 4 degrees. Use short hose with heat tape, plug in the radiator heater to your vehicle, wait til last minute drain tanks. You can wrap heat tape around dump valves. Never had a valeve freeze so I couldn't dump.
  • Jayco-noslide's avatar
    Jayco-noslide
    Explorer
    Oct 21, 2014
    Sub freezing RVing is really tough unless you stay in 1 spot and have everything really fixed up for the low temps. For 1 thing, your dump valves will freeze and you can't dump.
  • thomkatt's avatar
    thomkatt
    Explorer
    Oct 21, 2014
    Are there any certain heat pads for tanks you would recommend? I don't know if there will be anything warm in Iowa in February!
  • Tom_Barb's avatar
    Tom_Barb
    Explorer
    Oct 21, 2014
    thomkatt wrote:
    Can't do the Motel 6. I conduct educational classes in the unit and yes, I will be dry camping.
    You best have a generator set and heat tapes or pads for your tankage.

    and hope for warm weather.
  • thomkatt's avatar
    thomkatt
    Explorer
    Oct 21, 2014
    Can't do the Motel 6. I conduct educational classes in the unit and yes, I will be dry camping.
  • Grandpere's avatar
    Grandpere
    Explorer
    Oct 20, 2014
    You are literally going to be dry camping. No water and all water systems winterized. Otherwise you are going to have everything freezing up and breaking. Maybe someone else has a way to keep everything from freezing, but I have not see it accomplished.

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