RV water hose/spigot issue (winter)
Good afternoon folks. You guys have been super helpful over the last few weeks so hopefully you can help. We are currently living on out land in the fifth wheel as are building our home. We ha...
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I bought the "easy heat" heat tape and ran it along my fresh water hose. The little inline t-stat was placed about 1ft from the trailer inlet. I ran the tape toward the trailer connection with a wrap on the 90 fitting. I bought a piece a little longer than needed and wrapped the 'tail' around the spigot.
Foam pipe insulation (1 size larger than the hose) on the hose, then leftover fiberglass insulation was wrapped around the short exposed spigot (from the ground) with only the valve handle exposed. I took a heavy trash bag and wrapped the insulation to keep from getting wet and deteriorated.
Survived -20F for 2 years.
Foam pipe insulation (1 size larger than the hose) on the hose, then leftover fiberglass insulation was wrapped around the short exposed spigot (from the ground) with only the valve handle exposed. I took a heavy trash bag and wrapped the insulation to keep from getting wet and deteriorated.
Survived -20F for 2 years.
