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Old 11-19-2016, 08:09 PM   #1
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Camping in below freezing temps

I am in Asheville NC tonight and the temps are going to be around 27 overnight. Will I have any trouble with water lines freezing?

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Old 11-19-2016, 08:30 PM   #2
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You shouldn't if you have heat on. Just remove your fresh water hose overnight unless it's insulated.

We've been out in 13 degree temps using a heated water hose with no problem.
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What Grumpy said!
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What Grumpy said!
Yep that will do it.
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I'm up here now near Bristol TN I decided to blow out all of the water lines for the next couple days as they are calling for it to be around 27 next couple of nights. After that I think we will be ok to put water back in the system.
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I'm up here now near Bristol TN I decided to blow out all of the water lines for the next couple days as they are calling for it to be around 27 next couple of nights. After that I think we will be ok to put water back in the system.
If you are not keeping the unit heated, don't forget the water heater, the outside shower, and put RV anti freeze in the p-traps.
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Everything worked fine but these units don't seem to have a lot of insulation as they get cold pretty quick!!!
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Everything worked fine but these units don't seem to have a lot of insulation as they get cold pretty quick!!!
Yeah we made it through the night ok as well. kept the gas heat on. Started with it on 75 but it got to hot so I turned down to 70 and all is good now. Though the heat does cycle a lot. about every 10 mins.
To previous post, I did blow out the outside shower and all the low point drains and fresh water tank drain. also blow out the black tank flush line. I had already drained the black and gray tanks. just had to drain the little bit from blowing out the water lines. all good now. I think its suppose to warm up a little by tuesday. We are staying here until saturday.
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while we were staying in the unit in Asheville last night (at 27 degrees) we didn't blow out or flush anything but just disconnected the water hose coming in and worked off of the pump and tank overnight. Nothing froze. Now once I got home tonight I drained everything and blew out the lines. I am running a single unit until I can go thru everything in the light!!!!
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