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Originally Posted by TomaszL
I am new to RV-ing, thus my question
What do you do when the RV is parked for several days and temperatures may drop below 32 deg at night? However, the weather is still good enough not to winterize it.
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If you are using it youre ok. If it gets really cold, 30 or below I empty the grey water tank and the black water tank every night. A word of caution about the black tank. Repeated dumping of an almost empty tank may cause the solids to build up. Might be better to just put some antifreeze in it if its not at least 1/3 full instead of dumping.
Be sure the water heater is on. By on I also mean the little off/on switch in the WH outside compartment. Our demand heaters have a temp sensor that turns on the flame to prevent them from freezing even when it is turned off inside. Conversely BE SURE this is set to off for winter storage ESPECIALLY if you blow out the lines instead of running antifreeze thru them. Don't want the flame to come on with the tank empty.
If in doubt pump some RV antifreeze thru the system Only takes a gallon or two max. Don't forget to run some RV antifreeze thru the sink and shower drain traps also
Since you are new to all of this are you aware of the water tank bypass valve and pipe stub for antifreeze entry?
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