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Originally Posted by mattebury
We are full timers and about to experience the freezing weather that's forecasted for the south. I know all about the Oasis keeping the basement from freezing. But what about the refrigerator water line, it runs outside of the basement for a bit in the full-wall slide floor? I know where the shutoff valve for the fridge is, but how do I drain that line? I can shut off the hot water line to the generator compartment and open the valve to drain that line but I can't see how to drain the fridge line.
2022 Dutch Star 4081 on Freightliner chassis.
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You got the right answer about the line being thermally protected, but there can be an issue if you have heated floors and are using them. Twice my water line froze but didn't do any damage. It took a while before I figured out the issue.
The heated floors heat up into the coach but also heat down through the floor. The thermostat/controller is mounted in the battery bay. On my 2019 DS, they mounted it on the right-side wall as you look in, about two inches from the ceiling. The heated floors were enough to keep the thermostat from activating as the heated floors were keeping the battery bay above freezing.
At the rear of the battery bay on my Freightliner DS, is an open area around the fuel tank. I extended the wires on the thermostat and moved it to a 2" angled frame rail near the back and down low. It now works as designed.
Here is what it looks like and where I moved it....