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getting ready for cold
Yahoo Message Number: 108969
ok group, I am getting ready for 19 degree weather here in sunny lower Alabama.  Something we don't see often.  I have not read most of the winterizing post...as I rarely need it.
So any more suggestions to what I have done so far. 22 FL
 Unit is plugged in to shore power.  I have oil-radiator heater on medium in unit. Keep is about 50 inside with 27 degree nights so far. Drain all water tanks, opened all faucets, drained water heater.  Separated cab area from living area with heavy blanket and vinyl curtain.  I will run furnace and warm unit to 75 before shutting down the furnace for the night.  Since we put new batteries in the furnace will sometimes not come on-so we think there is a low valtage problem.  We will be putting different batteries in...but won't have them for tonight.  I can't trust the furnace to come on during the night...so have to go with the radiator heater.I have not blown the lines out with air...but I "think" what I have done will keep anything remaining water from freezing. I have run the water pump just to clean lines out as best I could.  I warm the unit via the sunlight thru side windows during the day and it gets to 70+ during the day.

I have opened all the cabinets and drawers.
 Anything else other than blowing out lines with pressure--and How would I do that? Should it be needed?  Warms up to around 40 outside temp during the day, so I am most worried about the night time hours from 10pm-6am.

Thanks, Darlene

AlaDar Beagles
www.aladarbeagles.com
 
Re: getting ready for cold
Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 108977
Darlene
 We owned a 1983 22'FL for many years and camped in similar or colder conditions. We never used a heat at night and suffered no ill effects. You should be fine with your preparations.
 When camping in very cold conditions, the last thing we do at night is to take hot showers. The shower is at the end of the plumping run and the hot water warms all of the tubing from the water heater to the shower. The hot and cold tubes are bundled together so the heat is shared with the cold water line.
I would leave the oil heater between the stove and refrigerator so the heat is concentrated to the area where the pump and plumbing reside.

Larry
2001 MB
* Not to be confused with Larry W (3000 of my posts are actually from expert Larry W due to Yahoo transition mis-step)