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Old 10-24-2016, 05:55 PM   #1
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Pushing into the cold...how far?

I have one last trip next weekend. Looks like a couple of 32F nights and maybe one below 30F between now and then but mostly well above 32F. These lows this time of year are typically only for an hour or two during the early morning.

How concerned should I be? I plan to keep an electric heater set low at 50F and open all cabinet doors. But I know there are low points outside, etc. I'm thinking I'll be fine since it isn't a hard freeze. Anyone think otherwise?
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Old 10-24-2016, 06:10 PM   #2
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Temps need to be 28F or lower for several hours before the lines will freeze. You may want to protect the water hose from the spigot to the RV.
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Old 10-24-2016, 07:48 PM   #3
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You should be ok but if you are worried, drain your fresh watertank and water heater. You'll still have a bit in your lines but for the limited time you're talking about, shouldn't be a problem.
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Old 10-24-2016, 08:21 PM   #4
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With temps like that there is no need to dump your freshwater tank nor the hot water tank. Leave your water heater on and there is no issue. If you have the electric option on your water heater you won't be using up any propane by doing so. As you say it will only be at those temps for probably a couple hours. We have camped many times in the fall with temps getting to 28 and had no issues. You will have heat on in the trailer and some of that heat will get into compartment areas. To be safe I would disconnect your potable hose at the spigot and reconnect once the temp sneaks back up.
Keep in mind water doesn't go from liquid to ice as soon as temps drop below 32, it is a gradual process...I live north of MN, in Canada...so I know winter and bone chilling cold, so I speak from experience.
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Old 10-24-2016, 08:33 PM   #5
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We are to get snow here either Tomorrow or Thursday. Temps will hover around freezing. I have not winterized and not worried.
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Old 10-24-2016, 08:55 PM   #6
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We are to get snow here either Tomorrow or Thursday. Temps will hover around freezing. I have not winterized and not worried.
Snow in Ontario before we get snow here in Manitoba???? Say it ain't so!!!
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Old 10-25-2016, 12:34 PM   #7
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With temps like that there is no need to dump your freshwater tank nor the hot water tank. Leave your water heater on and there is no issue. If you have the electric option on your water heater you won't be using up any propane by doing so. As you say it will only be at those temps for probably a couple hours. We have camped many times in the fall with temps getting to 28 and had no issues. You will have heat on in the trailer and some of that heat will get into compartment areas. To be safe I would disconnect your potable hose at the spigot and reconnect once the temp sneaks back up.
Keep in mind water doesn't go from liquid to ice as soon as temps drop below 32, it is a gradual process...I live north of MN, in Canada...so I know winter and bone chilling cold, so I speak from experience.
X2- Only becomes an issue if daytime temps were to stay below freezing.
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Old 10-25-2016, 12:37 PM   #8
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If it's that chilly at night you will be keeping the inside warmed up and unless it dips below the mid 20s you should not have a problem except for your outside water line which you could just undo the night before.
We had four nights in the 20s at Yellowstone in May.... no issues whatsoever. I was a bit nervous when we came back to camp and saw the ranger's advisory that the water would be turned off at night due to the cold but we just burned a bit of propane to stay comfy and had a good nights sleep.
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If you staying in a full hook up park you can open your drain and then run the water at a trickle the size of a pencil. Running water doesn't freeze or you can disconnect you outside hose and keep some heat on the RV.
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Old 10-25-2016, 01:39 PM   #10
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We have camped in the mountains in Colorado in late October. The rules there are to disconnect your water line over night. If you don't & their
outlet freezes, then you're responsible. So we fill the fresh water tank, disconnect & drain our water line & turn on our tank heaters.
All the water outlets there are covered in heating wires.
Over night we use a portable heater with a thermostat as it is so
much quieter than the furnace. Then in the morning we reconnect the
water line for showers etc. No problems and the temperature was down
around 28F overnight.
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Old 10-25-2016, 01:52 PM   #11
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Gonna go camping this weekend in Colorado. Don't use campgrounds. Heating ducts run next to tanks and do good job of preventing freeze issues. Hope to get some atving in too.
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Old 10-25-2016, 02:32 PM   #12
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I would not be concerned at all. We take trips after winterizing, gallon jugs of water as needed to flush the toilet, wash in a basin and it get tossed in the black tank.
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Old 10-25-2016, 02:46 PM   #13
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We're planning to go all winter long, but the temps where we'll be shouldn't be below freezing.

Was in the mountains earlier in the month and I was monitoring the weather. Before bed, forecast lows were 34. Not bad. Woke up to a hard freeze warning in effect and 29. Yay. Water hose frozen solid, water spigot froze open, tank valves frozen closed. Lesson learned: Run them tank heaters and disconnect that hose! (And keep a hair dryer in the drawer just in case)
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Old 10-25-2016, 02:52 PM   #14
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An old hair dryer stored in the water storage compartment is a great idea!
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Old 10-25-2016, 04:59 PM   #15
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Thanks all! Happy to be pushing it this late into the season. Weather looks decent for the next 2 weeks.
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Old 10-25-2016, 07:18 PM   #16
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We got down to 14F last fall, warmed up the next day. Water hose froze so shifted to on board tank, no worries. Next morning reconnected and all was well.
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Old 10-26-2016, 08:06 PM   #17
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Winter camping?

What campgrounds are you still able to stay at this weekend??
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