Winterizing
- Thread starter Itascaman
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Had a great time this last week. The temperature did drop into the 20's on two nights. Did as suggested and as camp required, filled house tank and used water pump. It was a breeze. Only question now is how to prevent using so much LP to keep lines warm? If we use an electrical heater then the furnace won't cut on and the water lines would be vunerable, right?
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scottydl
Site Team
It's a balance. You can use the electric heater to keep the base temperature up in the rig, so the the LP furnace doesn't run as much but will still run and keep your water thawed. Remember the water doesn't need to be 70F (like the inside of the coach), just needs to be above 32F. 
scottydl
Site Team
By "base" I mean having the electric heater (I assume it has variable settings) keep the RV at around 60 degrees for instance, maybe 55 overnight. Let the furnace compensate for the rest of that if you, say, wanting the RV at 70 degrees overall. The furnace would run enough to keep the water above freezing, but not so often and long to use excessive amounts of LP.
