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Originally Posted by Roadrower
Hi there
Going into our first winter with our 31FK Greyhawk. We live in New England and want to use our unit for guest housing over Thanksgiving.
We have tank heaters, but no pipe heaters. Wonder what the point of the tank heaters is if the pipes exposed under the unit aren't heated. Anybody know?
Also, if we keep the unit heated via our home 30 amp shore power and use the tanks, will we be okay to keep water on?
Thanks for sharing thoughts and experience.
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It won't be a problem at all. We really need a significant amount of time below 32 before lines freeze solid.
Your rig if kept heated will work just fine through thanksgiving. Winterize it now with air, just to be on safe side. The weekend when guests are here, fill the FW tank, run the heaters and the hot water heater.
The reason the exposed pipes are not heated at the dump outlet is because there is no water there until you pull the handle. If any short run of exposed pipe exists, there is on average about 20 gallons of effluent which you say your tanks are heated.
Be sure you have a good place to dump the holding tanks, and as soon as company leaves, dump and re winterize.
It takes constant sunlight hours below 32 before solid icing occurs... we don't experience that until late January early February. But daytime highs in the 40's will keep the interior of the coach well above freezing.
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