Winter-Proofing your RV in cold locations....

[chrisandoctavia]

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 said that overnight temperatures there were going to fall to 22

We had no idea what winter-proofing things might have been done to our RV prior to our purchasing it in August, so changed our plans and went to another location further south.....

My question to any of you who are either full-timers, or who go RV'ing in the winter is what do you do to protect systems in the RV?

Do you do anything to prevent internal water pipes from freezing - or the external water hose?

We don't plan to go to any of the really cold northern states in winter, and will largely stay here in the west with temperatures falling no lower than say 20

Thanks for any advice you can give

Chris

[Bobbo]

But keep in mind that the tank heaters will run your battery down fast. They should only be used when on shore power.

[mgirardo]

When the temperature gets below freezing when we are camping, we turn the tank heaters on and unhook the city water line (if we are using it). We keep the inside tempers at 60 - 65 degrees, so we don't worry about anything inside freezing.

-Michael