Avoiding freezing water hose..
Night before last we were in Myrtle Beach and it was cold..cold, cold. I got up in the middle of the night for a bathroom trip and no water. I got dressed and went outside, about 4am, and everything...
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How I protect my hose (Supposed to hit teens either tonight or tomorrow night, let me check, HOSE will not freeze by the way. 25 tonight 17 tomorrow night)
I tank up, heated storage on the RV, and I've agumented that with about 350 watts of additional heat... Then I drain the hose so it is full of air, Disconnect Coil and stow in a heated bay.. It won't freeze cause there is no water in it.
Now where I am I'm only parked for a week, So when I get to the 2 week campground I'll take the hose out and when I need it,, hook up and re-fill as I did before I left.
Option 2 is a heated hose (string of incandescent rope lights with T-Stat turning them on at 45 Degrees) but the reason I tank and use stored water is ... NOT freezing. it is something else (Over chlorination of water by the supplier).
No frozen hose.. A side benefit.
I tank up, heated storage on the RV, and I've agumented that with about 350 watts of additional heat... Then I drain the hose so it is full of air, Disconnect Coil and stow in a heated bay.. It won't freeze cause there is no water in it.
Now where I am I'm only parked for a week, So when I get to the 2 week campground I'll take the hose out and when I need it,, hook up and re-fill as I did before I left.
Option 2 is a heated hose (string of incandescent rope lights with T-Stat turning them on at 45 Degrees) but the reason I tank and use stored water is ... NOT freezing. it is something else (Over chlorination of water by the supplier).
No frozen hose.. A side benefit.
