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Cold weather but not Winter RV-ing

Yahoo Message Number: 11244
I hope two questions in the same day isn't asking too much. We really are rookies. Some of the places we would like to go in Sept through Nov. can hit temps in the low 30's over night, then back into the 50-60's during the day. Will there be issues of pipes freezing etc given that we will be running the furnaces, taking showers, washing dishes...i.e. living in it full time. Is there something out of the ordinary we need to do to use our coach in this manner? If so can someone point us to some literature, web site , etc from which we can learn. Thanks again.

Tony Ferrara
'04 Inspire 40'
#51172

Re: Cold weather but not Winter RV-ing

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 11252
Tony -

Don't sweat it. We travel off season and regularly wake up to the low 20's in the fall in places like Yellowstone. It's worh it because the parks are empty! As long as it get's above freezing during the day and you are heating the coach you won't have any problems.

Dave

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I hope two questions in the same day isn't asking too much. We
really are rookies. Some of the places we would like to go in Sept through Nov. can hit temps in the low 30's over night, then back into the 50-60's during the day. Will there be issues of pipes freezing etc given that we will be running the furnaces, taking showers, washing dishes...i.e. living in it full time. Is there something out of the ordinary we need to do to use our coach in this manner? If so can someone point us to some literature, web site , etc from which we can learn. Thanks again.

Re: Cold weather but not Winter RV-ing

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 11258
I ditto the "don't sweat it"...our insulation in CCs makes us quite comfy. What you might want to do is to fill up your fresh water tank and work off that rather than hook up and expect to have water running through your hose in the morning...which sometimes might freeze unless you put electric tape on it, but for the types of camping you are talking about that shouldn't be an issue.

One "story" we have is watching a fellow pull into our Verdi, NV RV park and hook up his sewer and fresh water hose. The next morning, everything was frozen solid...watching him try to get his sewer hose defrosted was our morning entertainment!

Lesson learned when in freezing weather: dump, empty and clean the hose and put away; fill up fresh water, put hose away.
When we're in freezing temps for a longer period of time (month), we stay hooked up, but make sure to "walk the hose empty" after dumping, and have a Home Depot electric tape on our water hose.
When it went down into the 12's, etc., I opened the cupboard doors to help keep pipes warmer. No problems, so far.

We LOVE camping out of season like that and you will too! (Have found ourselves waking up to snow several times.) Jan McNeill, Fulltimer
2001 Intrigue 11320
Currently in Bend, OR

Re: Cold weather but not Winter RV-ing

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 11260
We had a black tank valve leak on the first trip out in one of our other motor homes. The hose was frozen solid the next day. I gave the job of thawing out the hose to my oldest son, 16 at the time. He used his head. Being careful he removed the hose from the coach and then placed it in the camp ground shower running hot water on it. Job finished in less than five minutes.

Jim C., Hillsborough, NC
2003 MADP

Re: Cold weather but not Winter RV-ing

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 11263
When we first got our 2003 Intrigue, we were in Cleveland for the month of December. The temps that month were abnormally cold. One night it went down to 9 degrees with the winds howling off the lake at 20 mph. We stayed toasty warm in the coach and had no problems.
We did use nearly a full tank of diesel fuel heating the coach and drove less than 1 mile during that time, so I guess we got about 75 gallons to the mile! q;o)

Regards,
Bob

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I hope two questions in the same day isn't asking too much. We
really are rookies. Some of the places we would like to go in Sept through Nov. can hit temps in the low 30's over night, then back into the 50-60's during the day. Will there be issues of pipes freezing etc given that we will be running the furnaces, taking showers, washing dishes...i.e. living in it full time. Is there something out of the ordinary we need to do to use our coach in this manner? If so can someone point us to some literature, web site , etc from which we can learn. Thanks again.

Re: Cold weather but not Winter RV-ing

Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 11266
I would not have wanted to be the next person to use that shower!

Bill Harris
 

Re: Cold weather but not Winter RV-ing

Reply #6 –
Yahoo Message Number: 11276
Tony,

For one thing, if the temperature dos not go below freezing, you have nothing to worry about. If it does freeze, the most vulnerable place on the coach is the water supply to the icemaker in the refrigerator. This line is in an unheated area of the coach, and needs to be winterized.

Per

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