Winterized Camping
While camping last year in our 2015 Thor Ace 29.2, I had some concerns about the freezing weather and how it would affect the water pipes and tanks. As soon as it dropped close to freezing, I disconne...
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andrewh wrote:Bill.Satellite wrote:
andrewh, what kind of RV do you own.
It's a 2015 Thor Ace 29.2
OK, so you have a fully enclosed Class A motor home. I will assume you have propane heat and if that's correct then you also have heat ducted into the "wet bay(s)". The good news and the bad news is that you have heat ducted into the wet bay(s). The good news is that your tanks will stay nice and toasty warm as long as you keep the heat running. The bad news is that you can burn a lot of propane trying to keep enough heat running inside the RV to keep the bays warm.
I suggest that you get a weather station with remote temp. sensor to monitor the temps in the wet bay. If things don't look good in the bays running the right amount of heat to keep the interior warm then you should install another heat source in the wet bay(s). I have used 100W light bulbs but incandescent lights are getting hard to find. There are also some tiny 200W personal heater that would keep your bay(s) warm assuming you have a 120V source available.
You just need to keep an eye on the way bay(s) with some kind of a temp. monitor and adjust what needs to be done to ensure you don't freeze a line (disaster!) I was always wondering if I was OK until I installed a remote temperature monitor down there and I have been happy every since.
