Winter-Proofing your RV in cold locations....
We're currently on a 10 day RV trip during which we have had to change our plans.... Originally we were going to spend a few days at my favorite National Park here - Zion - but a Utah paper had sai...
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Thanks smkettner for the link in your post to the tank heater manufacturer.
I have those on the Phoenix Cruiser and I had no idea how they were made until your link let me to the site. My water tank is under the bed next to the furnace, so no worries. My black and gray tanks are under the rig but are wrapped with insulated material and have the heaters under the insulation mounted on the tanks as shown in the site you linked in your post. Nice to be informed about what I own and I thank you. This thread is educating and encouraging me to take some trips a little earlier (March) than I normally would think of doing.
By the way, we boondocked many times when it was in the upper 20s overnight in our former unit(Roadtrek 210 Class B) and all three tanks were exposed and not insulated. Never a problem. It was always in the fifties by middle of the day.
Paul
I have those on the Phoenix Cruiser and I had no idea how they were made until your link let me to the site. My water tank is under the bed next to the furnace, so no worries. My black and gray tanks are under the rig but are wrapped with insulated material and have the heaters under the insulation mounted on the tanks as shown in the site you linked in your post. Nice to be informed about what I own and I thank you. This thread is educating and encouraging me to take some trips a little earlier (March) than I normally would think of doing.
By the way, we boondocked many times when it was in the upper 20s overnight in our former unit(Roadtrek 210 Class B) and all three tanks were exposed and not insulated. Never a problem. It was always in the fifties by middle of the day.
Paul
