Does foam pipe cover prevent hose freeze?
expecting temp to drop to 25 tonight. Have full hookups and usually I unhook freshwater hose and stow in heated compartment. But I see one or two using foam pipe insulation around their hoses, does ...
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Tried the open trickle into the kitchen sink ONCE. Cabinets open. This was due to a -10F forecast overnight and below freezing temps over the next few days.
Had heat tape and insulation on the supply line, plenty of propane for furnace. Extra batteries for FW if power was lost. Opened the spigot on kitchen sink only a slight trickle and went to bed.
Was woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of was running into a pool of water. The overnight temps did get below zero. The running water formed ice in the drain pipe. Stinky slinky 90 all the way back to the exposed drain piping on the RV.
Shut of water. Went outside. Had to use a torch to warm the connection to the RV drain pipe and slinky. Once that connection was removed I still had to use the torch to warm the drain pipe and melt the ice dam. That took quite a while.
When the ice was melted enough the plug came out and the remaining water drained out. I luckily had a second complete slinky hose and installed that. The ice plugged slinky finished melting enough about a month later to roll up and store.
Just one of many adventures in the Workamping world.
Had heat tape and insulation on the supply line, plenty of propane for furnace. Extra batteries for FW if power was lost. Opened the spigot on kitchen sink only a slight trickle and went to bed.
Was woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of was running into a pool of water. The overnight temps did get below zero. The running water formed ice in the drain pipe. Stinky slinky 90 all the way back to the exposed drain piping on the RV.
Shut of water. Went outside. Had to use a torch to warm the connection to the RV drain pipe and slinky. Once that connection was removed I still had to use the torch to warm the drain pipe and melt the ice dam. That took quite a while.
When the ice was melted enough the plug came out and the remaining water drained out. I luckily had a second complete slinky hose and installed that. The ice plugged slinky finished melting enough about a month later to roll up and store.
Just one of many adventures in the Workamping world.
