too cold for water

[markb5900]

I am leaving on a trip to FL (mickey land) in about 2 weeks.
The temps are still dropping below freezing here. Not by much, but 30ish.
I have a cruise lite that is NOT four seasons.
I want to put water in it before we leave just to check everything since it has been winterized since last November, but worried about freezing.
Putting a heater in it or turning the heat inside on going to be good enough or do I just have to take the chance and put water in it right before I leave?
Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

[davel1971]

how far will you be traveling before your first night camping? Far enough that freezing won't be an issue there?

[markb5900]

Should be in southern TN on the first night. So freezing shouldn't be an issue then

[davel1971]

I would say watch the weather closely, and maybe a day or so before you leave you can run water through it. After doing so, if you wanted, you could open low point drains and open faucets to let most of the water drain out, and leave open. This would almost all but eliminate any chance of freezing if temps are barely below freezing anyhow.

[jbrostek]

From my experience it takes several days below freezing to start freezing the water lines and days of sun and above freezing the inside of the RV builds up heat and the tanks volume helps it keep from becoming a block of ice.

Best bet is to keep an eye on the weather or decide if you want to depart winterized and dewinterize at your first nights stop. We head to disney every year on the first weekend of January, and due to the temps we wait until our first nights stop in SC to dewinterize and rewinterize on the way home or the morning after returning. Never had an issue with freeze up even this past year when it was in the 20's until I got close to FL and finally got above 32 on the drive down.

[MrJoe]

I was just considering this. I'm on the fence about de-winterizing and heading out tonight. We have another round of winter next week with lows in the low to mid 20's at night. Looks like we will be above freezing during the day.

[PhoneDude 8289]

You could de-winterize, test everything then drain and blow out the lines. Just before leaving add fresh water, purge the lines of air and hit the road. I did that twice returning to Texas from Florida with our new rig the first part of February. Takes about thirty minutes to drain and blow out and about 15 minutes to add water and purge the air from the lines.

[campingwilliamsons]

^X2, well except I never left Texas... We just did that for our trips here in the state.

[QCCowboy]

Ran through the same scenario. Just went from IL to TX and brought the portable air tank with just in case. Got below freezing during our stop in MO but didn't winterize again. Going to keep an eye on it for the return trip to see if I need to blow out the lines.