in the grand canyon, supposed to drop to 28 degrees, but just for a couple of hours. I had planned to disconnect the water and keep the cabinets open with the furnace on, and a faucet open.
My father is camping with us and is planning on leaving connected and letting the faucet drip.
Either necessary, right or wrong??
I'd disconnect the water, open the cabinets but I'd not bother letting a tap drip.
doko wrote: in the grand canyon, supposed to drop to 28 degrees, but just for a couple of hours. I had planned to disconnect the water and keep the cabinets open with the furnace on, and a faucet open.
My father is camping with us and is planning on leaving connected and letting the faucet drip.
Either necessary, right or wrong??
TIA,
doko
Regards, Don
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There's virtually no risk of freezing when it drops to 28 for just a short time. In my experience the freeze risk is only high when the daytime highs are below or near freezing with colder temps at night. In areas with large temperature swings (say in the low teens at night and 50s during the day) you may have some freeze risk at night but in your case I wouldn't worry about it.
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I think I'd disconnect the hose...why waste the water, dripping it?
I'm assuming that you are saying that you will have your pump "OFF", with the faucet open? Not a bad idea...sure won't hurt anything, but you won't have water to use the toilet in the middle of the night either...
The water in the RV should stay warm enough to avoid freezing (or enough to damage anything) for a couple of hours. Cabinets open is a good idea.
It's really the several day freezes that do the damage.....skim ice won't hurt anything in a few hours!
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We do neither, if the temp is only going that low for a few hours. Just make sure the fresh water tank is full, so if by chance the hose does freeze, you will have water. We set the thermostat to 55 and get a good nights sleep. If the temp is going into the teens, or be below freezing more than 8 hours, then we will disconnect the hose and put the 100W trouble light in the compartment that houses the water pump and fresh water tank. Other than that, it the same 55 on the thermostat and a good nights sleep.
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Heat the water in the hot water tank if you don't leave it on all the time. Mine is just propane so I turn it on before needed. In most the hot water tank is quite exposed. I just camped for four days with temps in low 20's but had no outside water so no hose worries. It was not a problem with heat on inside.
If the RV is at 60 degrees or more, i wouldn't worry about 28 degrees outside for a few hours. Too much residual heat inside and in the walls to do any damage for that short period of time. Much ado about nothing here. JMO
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