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I figured as much. Thanks
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This thread has provided a lot of great information. But I have a simple question, I think. We are spending our first winter living full-time in a 1998 Monaco Windsor, and like everyone we are being hit with unseasonable low temperatures, which we weren't quite ready for. We have no trouble staying comfortable inside, and we have taken some precautions with the coach itself. We don't know at what temperature we should be more worried about the coach. We have a heated water hose. The inverter seems to warm part of the basement nicely. We are running the furnace, which takes warm air through the floor and we think it should help raise the basement temperature a little. We are expecting 26 degrees tonight and 24 later in the week. Last winter, when we were still in our house, there were a few days around 14. At what point in there should we be concerned about things freezing? At some point, should we abandon using the water systems and winterize until it warms up? Am I worrying unduly? I just need some sort of guideline. We are going to call Monaco tomorrow and see if they can offer any advice but would like some wisdom from other full-timers. Thanks!
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People manage in Montana and North Dakota, wetter-washington temps are nothing compared to those.
It all depends on how much you want to do, really. Since cold seldom lasts more then a few days I might just not worry. If temps go low enough the heated hose freezes up, take it off, leave the spigot at dribble and live off your tanks.
Odds are temps will go up in just a couple days.
There are "outlier" periods, like 1990 when the lows hit zero and the highs were like 20. But that's like every 30 years.
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pianotuna
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Hi Pompomgirl,
So long as the propane furnace is used for heating there should be no problems.
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I am going to be full-timing next winter and have been working on getting the 5th wheel ready. My main concerns are safety. One of the things I was considering doing was putting a space heater in the basement compartment where the water tanks and lines are. However, I am not very comfortable leaving a heater down there unattended. I have read in this thread that others have done it. Doesn't it worry anyone else? Is there some trick that makes it safer?
The water pipe only sticks up out of the ground less than a foot. I could either back over the top of it so that it is under my rig which will have insulated skirting, or I could back up close to it and then build a dog house over it with insulation. The advantage of the dog house would be I could check on the pipe without taking my skirting off. But, which would be safer?
Do any of you full-timers leave your rig unattended for a couple of days with the heat on while you go visit the grandkids, or do you winterize it every time you leave for a weekend?
Do any of you connect your propane hose to a larger tank like a 250 gal tank, or do you only use the 100 pound cylinders?
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DianneOK
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I would build the doghouse.....if leaving, make sure your propane tanks are full, lower the thermostat, unhook water line, leave the freshwater tank full. I never really worried too much about leaving....that's why we had insurance
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Thank you
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DianneOK wrote:I would build the doghouse.....if leaving, make sure your propane tanks are full, lower the thermostat, unhook water line, leave the freshwater tank full. I never really worried too much about leaving....that's why we had insurance
I wouldn't lower the thermostat because you want to keep the RV at a temperature that kept the pipes inside the RV from freezing while you were there AND while you are gone for the weekend.
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DianneOK
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I did not say turn off the heat, I said turn the heat down. Lowering from 70* to 55* is not allowing pipes to freeze....
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