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Old 10-12-2012, 10:38 PM   #1
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Unexpected cold snap

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About 3 weeks ago I purchased a grey wolf 26bh. We love it! We were on vacation over the last week. We are in ohio.While we were gone a little cold spell hit and it got around the freezing mark.My camper was NOT winterized and still had some water in the lines.Before we left we opened all the tanks drained fresh and hot water along with opening the taps and letting some water drain out.But some water was still in.Today we winterized it with rv antifreeze but I am concerned that this small cold snap could have cracked some plumbing as I did not check all over today,just what was visible under the cabinets etc. When we ran antifreeze through the plumbing the water pump did not pulse on or off as described as a possible way of determining if a leak exists.Sorry for no introduction post but I just want to be safe as this was a large purchase. Thank you in advance.
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Old 10-12-2012, 11:25 PM   #2
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Don't sweat it. It takes a few nights of hard freezing before you have to worry about.
I was lazy a couple of years ago and ended up having to use a torpedo heater under the camper to thaw everything out and was lucky enough that nothing had broken.
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Old 10-12-2012, 11:51 PM   #3
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Ya you will be fine gonna take a lot more than just one day of close to freezing to have to worry.
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Old 10-13-2012, 08:37 AM   #4
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Thank you i'm very relieved now.
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Old 10-13-2012, 08:45 AM   #5
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Went to 27 @ the house Monday night and trl wtr lines were still full of water. Am now camping this weekend and no issues with the lines.
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Old 10-13-2012, 11:30 AM   #6
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We had a cold snap last night at my place. Low hit 60 degrees. Almost had to close the window when I slept.

Oh I live in Arizona where we don't really have winters.
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Old 10-13-2012, 11:32 AM   #7
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I'm so jealous.A lot of my family lives in Florida and I always get reports of how warm it is.
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Old 10-13-2012, 12:43 PM   #8
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I'm so jealous.A lot of my family lives in Florida and I always get reports of how warm it is.
Yes Florida is hot but it also has high humidity 80 plus %
Here in Arizona we get between 8% -20% humidity which keeps it more bareable and cooler.
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Old 10-13-2012, 12:56 PM   #9
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Now i'm very jealous haha.You can probably camp almost year round can't you?
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Old 10-13-2012, 01:57 PM   #10
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Now i'm very jealous haha.You can probably camp almost year round can't you?
We never have to winterize here. Yes we travel all around here in winter.
We head to the west coast and San Diego if it gets too cool. That is about a 5-6 hr drive but we stay a week and enjoy the weather.
In march we have a group of 25 rigs and we head south of Arizona border 60 miles to Puerto Penasco Mexico. 2 weeks full hookups on the front row at the beach. $325 and all the fish tacos you can eat.
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Old 10-13-2012, 02:03 PM   #11
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Now that's camping! Now all I can do is sit in my camper while its plugged in, in the backyard!
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