It's supposed to drop to 30 degrees for 3-4 hours overnight tomorrow, then well back into the 40's during the day. It seems that getting just below 32, for only a couple of hours, should be a non-issue, and since I don't have a compressor, the concept of adding all that antifreeze for just one night seems like overkill. But, I don't want to make a mistake.
I run the water heater, open the faucets, put a electric heater inside the TT, and add some pink antifreeze to the holding tanks. Even if there is some water in them I'm not too worried at those temps and the pink will dilute things enough that it will not cause bursting.
As an example.... When I left for work today ,it was 26 degrees at 7AM.... Went inside the camper and it was still 41 . . . It takes a while for EVERYTHING to hard freeze inside....MOST should be fine
I was caught off-guard by the dropping temps too. It may have been fine if I did nothing, but I just set my furnace to 50 degrees for the one or two nights where it will be cold. It shouldn't use too much propane or battery power.
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Using advice I got on this forum, we camped in Yosemite recently where the temp at night got to 29 F. The advice was to run the water heater to prevent freezing up. We had no problems in that regard, and we were covered with snow.
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I don't worry too much about 30. It got to mid-20s here last night. I checked the trailer this morning and there was slush in the lines. Tonight I'm running the heat at about 40. After that were supposed to be a little warmer at night.
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I've camped in colder weather and had no problem. It probably won't get that cold inside your rig anyway. If concerned, you can open faucets to relieve pressure buildup.
No problem, it will have to get down into the low 20's for many hours (6-8) before you need to worry. Your water temp is starting out at probably 50F and it takes a long time for stuff to freeze. If you're concerned, stick an electric heater in the RV set at low temp, open the cabinet doors where there is a waterline and the bathroom door and sleep tight.
