Winterizing

[gitarwmn]

Hello, I'm in my first few months full timing in my Thor Daybreak Class A. I've winterized my water hose with heat tape and put lights in my under compartments for heat. I know I should leave the furnace on during very cold weather (under freezing) but what about the water heater? Should I leave the water heater on when the weather gets very cold? It runs on both propane and electric and right now we are wintering in a full hook up park. Any advice for the newbie about wintering in the Pacific Northwest is much welcome. Thanks

gitarwmn

culinarycamper.com

[gemini5362]

IF you are in a park with full hookup and your Water Heater runs off of electricity then leave it on and do not worry about it.

I am going to make a comment here and I expect other comments about it. I am curious what other people have done and look forward to reading their posts. I noticed you said you put heat tape on your Fresh Water Hose. I started to do that then when I looked at the Heat TApe box it specifically stated do not use with hoses. I went ahead and bought the hose with the built in heat tape. It was pretty expensive and just a heat tape would have been a lot cheaper I just do not know what it will do to the hose since it specifically warns not to use it for that purpose

[sswilson]

Originally Posted by gitarwmn

Hello, I'm in my first few months full timing in my Thor Daybreak Class A. I've winterized my water hose with heat tape and put lights in my under compartments for heat. I know I should leave the furnace on during very cold weather (under freezing) but what about the water heater? Should I leave the water heater on when the weather gets very cold? It runs on both propane and electric and right now we are wintering in a full hook up park. Any advice for the newbie about wintering in the Pacific Northwest is much welcome. Thanks

gitarwmn

culinarycamper.com

Pacific Northwest doesn't get real cold for any length of time. Close enough to ocean to keep it above freezing most of the time.