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12-24-2021, 09:53 AM #11
Winter Camping
I’m going to give you my standard Systems Engineering answer…it depends.
What does that mean, I am willing to bet that unless it is below freezing for more than 8 or so hours at a time, just blowing out the lines is probably ok, especially is it is only for a couple of days.
I never use the pink stuff, just blow out the lines, but where I live it only goes below freezing at night.
I think you will be ok just blowing out the lines, drain from low points and drain the water heater.
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12-24-2021, 10:08 AM #12
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12-24-2021, 10:11 AM #13
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12-24-2021, 10:24 AM #14
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12-24-2021, 10:26 AM #15
This is what I use
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083LP8GL5...ing=UTF8&psc=1
Thanks,
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12-24-2021, 10:46 AM #16
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Awesome …
https://youtu.be/yaxKIKGRdIo
Here is a great video that summarizes how to winterize with the blow out method.
Thanks everyone!
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12-24-2021, 12:42 PM #17
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12-24-2021, 01:10 PM #18
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I did, I filled the pressure tank to 45 let it drop to 40. The adapter I got has a bike valve on one side.
The whole conversation started with having the gas heater on and morphed into you can’t have water in the rig without it even if the cabin is 70 degrees.
This is what I did since I keep the cabin heated with AC oil heater.
So I drained everything using gravity. I blew the fresh water line with compressed air, blew the black water tank line same. Water was in the both for sure, I could hear it or see it come out of the fresh water tank.
I put a small space heater I use for my boat into the cargo bay.
I didn’t bother blowing all the faucets thru the city water valve because that space and the cabinets are heated.
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12-24-2021, 04:50 PM #19
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You didn't mention how mobile you want to be. If you'll be in a spot for a few days or more, explore the options for side skirting to enclose the underside of the trailer. If you have power, you may want to then think about heat options underneath the trailer to augment that coming from the furnace. Lots of possibilities for DIY skirting out on the web, from simple foam boards to fancy panels that break down into a stack to make it easier to setup/take down if you want to be a bit more mobile.
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12-25-2021, 04:03 PM #20
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I saw that on a YouTube about skirting with a heater under there. It’s what I would do if we really camped for long periods because you could use it for storage as well.
My latest thought put a t-connection in the heater conduit run going to the belly and use an inline fan like this that would install under the kitchen sink in my case.
https://vivosun.com/products/vivosun...-for-grow-tent
This way it’ll function like if you had fan option control for the gas heater.
The design flaw on the winter protection is no fan always on mode for the gas heater so you can use supplemental heat.
But I can’t really call it a flaw until I know for sure the ambient temps in the cabin don’t heat it enough … I’ll take some temp readings with a FLIR through the toilet to see what the bottom of the tank reads …
I‘m also going to check the wiring on the Suburban Heater if it does have a fan mode that was not utilized … good possibility because the fan switch turns on the heater when there is enough air so it can’t be too hard to engineer fan only.
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