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Post by Hurrel on Oct 29, 2019 5:42:46 GMT -5
I have a Connect 24'. It has a heated under-belly and supposedly is rated for below freezing temperatures without the plumbing freezing.
Does anyone have much experience with cold weather usage? I know I will need a heated water hose for the intake but I am trying to get
a sense of how cold it can be without plumbing problems. Thank you
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Post by lynnmor on Oct 29, 2019 9:35:27 GMT -5
It will be the luck of the draw, underbellies have considerable air leaks and plumbing may be exposed. Forget the heated hose and fill the fresh water tank. These trailers were not intended for four season use in northern climates.
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Post by Edd505 on Oct 29, 2019 11:03:57 GMT -5
What lynnmor said, run off the tank and fill when needed. Drain the hose and put away and you won't have to spend $100+ for a heated hose. I do carry a heat tape as some camp ground water systems freeze so you can't refill. If it does I wrap their stand pipe and plug into the 20amp circuit in the pedestal. I carry a short extension cord also to make sure I can get the heat tape connected.
If long term camped skirt the trailer with wood or hay bales, just weekends you won't need to.
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Post by bluegrass2 on Oct 29, 2019 15:26:21 GMT -5
Yes, run off your tank...we froze our pump and lines up on our old Spree in early April...supposed to be all-season too. We were told to put a light bulb near the water pump to keep some heat there....I am not sure I like that idea. Fortunately, we didn't have any damage but it wasn't fun. Also, if you end up camping in a snow, ice storm, or extremely heavy frost be sure the slide is in, it won't come in until it thaws....also take down your antenna, if you have one that cranks up,....same problem...everything freezes up. That time got heavy frost we were camping Halloween weekend in Northwest Ohio. If you get into an ice storm, if the door gets coated, it might not open either. We were getting ready to leave to go south the first week in April and got hit with an overnight Western NY storm, never expected it to be that bad...not doing that again!!! Sorry for the negative info. but we learned the hard way.
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Post by hihosilver on Oct 30, 2019 17:41:50 GMT -5
We were in southern Utah last may with our 241rlk and got caught in an overnight snow storm, The overnight low was 28 and we were hooked to city water. Luckily with the heater running during the night nothing froze. That was after driving all day through on an off snow. Hope I don't get to do that again.
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Post by Hurrel on Nov 2, 2019 6:02:01 GMT -5
To everyone that responded: Thank you for your input. I had not even thought about using the water tank only. After your comments I would agree that using the hose (even if heated) may cause a problem in the intake line of the trailer.
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Post by lynnmor on Nov 2, 2019 7:25:12 GMT -5
To everyone that responded: Thank you for your input. I had not even thought about using the water tank only. After your comments I would agree that using the hose (even if heated) may cause a problem in the intake line of the trailer. Plus the campground owner may not be happy with the frozen hydrant. |
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Post by Edd505 on Nov 2, 2019 20:10:03 GMT -5
I stayed in a CG couple years ago, host walk around as soon as it hit 32 & disconnected any hoses hooked to the stand pipes.
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Post by Chris RV Living on Sept 21, 2020 14:14:41 GMT -5
If it's below freezing and you are towing for any duration of time, your dump lines are going to freeze. If you are only camping during below freezing, and it's well above freezing during the day, not as big of a problem. And how cold is cold, if it's only ~28, 25 degrees at night, the heated underbelly should keep tanks warm enough. These aren't ARCTIC FOX RV's. I'd disconnect fresh water hose, drain and store. And then don't plan on dumping first thing in the morning. If tanks are nearly full, better off dumping pre-freeze. I highly recommend moving the trailer to southern Florida to melt any ice!! Happy camping.
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Post by Edd505 on Sept 21, 2020 20:17:09 GMT -5
If it's below freezing and you are towing for any duration of time, your dump lines are going to freeze. If you are only camping during below freezing, and it's well above freezing during the day, not as big of a problem. And how cold is cold, if it's only ~28, 25 degrees at night, the heated underbelly should keep tanks warm enough. These aren't ARCTIC FOX RV's. I'd disconnect fresh water hose, drain and store. And then don't plan on dumping first thing in the morning. If tanks are nearly full, better off dumping pre-freeze. I highly recommend moving the trailer to southern Florida to melt any ice!! Happy camping.  ? Dump lines freeze??? They are empty below the under belly ..................... the valves are above for just that reason. |
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Post by Chris RV Living on Sept 27, 2020 8:54:12 GMT -5
Our Connect has the dump valves outside of the underbelly and there is some length of exposed pipe before the dump valve that is not in the underbelly where it is heated. Maybe with grey water (soap etc) and with black water contents freezing is below 32 degrees.... Updated to show dump valve is exterior therefore the pipe from the belly to the dump valve is exposed and would potentially freeze. Ice floats, so the ice in theory would start to travel towards the heated underbelly, but if it is cold enough the water in the exterior pipe would freeze. Both our black, and front kitchen valves are exposed to outside.  |
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? Dump lines freeze??? They are empty below the under belly ..................... the valves are above for just that reason. 