Freeze Protection

[Ryan Wright]

Hmmm, this is a bit scary to me. I don't do anything to winterize my
coach. I'm hooked up to 50 amp service and keep the interior toasty
warm, as I'm in here on a daily basis. I assumed keeping the interior
warm would keep me safe, and so far, so good, but is there something
I'm missing? Are there freeze heaters I don't know about that I should
be checking up on? I know where at least two thermostats for freeze
heaters are located, but both are in areas of the coach that stay
reasonably warm, so I doubt they ever come on.

The only "winterizing" I do is dump a bit of that pink RV antifreeze
down the shower drain when temps get below freezing, to keep the P
trap liquid...

-Ryan
'86 PT-40 8V92 (lows this week dipping below 0...)


On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Chuck Wheeler
wrote:
> Jon,
> You do not say what bb you have, but our 82 has the plumbing wrapped with
> heat tape plus freeze heaters in the pipe areas. If you have the power for
> a electric heater I would make sure that the others are installed and
> working. It would be very difficult to keep the plumbing areas warm by
> heating the inside of the coach. I discovered this when I had a electrical
> problem that kept the freeze heaters from working. The plumbing froze up
> while the inside of the BB was about 75 degrees. Outside temperature was
> 14. I was lucky and didn't break any pipes.
>
> - Chuck Wheeler-
> 1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX