analemma77 said:
Just wondering how it works if you are camping and the temp drops below freezing. If I need to winterize for temps below freezing when in storage, how does it work if I am actually living in the RV at a site on the weekend and it drops below freezing? Obviously I won't have antifreeze in the lines and they won't be blown out, so does that mean that everything will freeze and stuff will break? Thanks
What Paul said. My first concern would be the outside shower if you have one. Open the door and stuff it with insulation for starters.
I posted this in another thread, FWIW:
?...As previously mentioned ?all season? will depend on temperature extremes.
At 97degF, last April in Mesquite, NV, our air conditioning just barely kept our trailer in the mid-70?s.
At the other end we?ve found that our ?all season? water system freezes up at about 20degF. Not all of it. There?s heat duct from the furnace around the water tank, which hangs, enclosed, underneath the kitchen area. The water pump is also heated, below the kitchen sink. So after freezing somewhere in the back of the trailer, we still have cold water in the kitchen sink. No hot water and nothing at all in the back where the bathroom and hot water heater are located. Until the temperatures warm up...
My winter project (parked in Mesquite), will be dropping the bottom plastic liner and ?exploring? heating and insulation options for the water supply pipe to the back of the trailer. I?ll need to figure it out since the city water inlet is in the back, bathroom. If, however, there?s a freeze warning for Mesquite the city water will be disconnected
I had already disconnected, capped off and insulated the outside shower and installed vents in the panels under the bathroom sink to allow heat circulation to the plumbing. Tank dump valves are enclosed and, so far, haven?t been a problem...?
Good luck!
