Preparing Live in RV with Cold Temps

[ahicks]

I haven't spent a lot of time in our rigs during sub freezing temps, but when we do run into it, often the campground host will ask that we disconnect and leave the faucet dripping? I learned that you go beyond just disconnecting if you want to do anything with that hose the following morning. You need to get it coiled up and put away, or risk damaging it because it's frozen solid!

I've lived in S.E. Mi all my life, and would be surprised if you had to endure freezing temps for more than 24hrs at a time in IL. through the month of Nov. And then, maybe just the last couple of weeks? That would be NORMAL though! It could hit 70 every day the whole month?

[Tony Lee]

If you do make your own heated water hose, one method is to spiral wrap aluminium foil along the full length of the hose, then add the heat trace and then add insulation. Gets to be pretty bulky so might be better to just fill the onboard tanks as others have suggested.