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Originally Posted by Fritz.
If you’ve got an unexpected cold snap where you’re staying you could pay for a campsite for the night. If you’ve got hookups electric heaters are the way to go for sure. I’ve stayed in 30f temps with two 1500w heaters and it was perfectly fine, no furnace running, no extra layers of clothing. If you’re struggling with tripping breakers in your 30 amp rig you can run an extension cord through the slide out for another 15amps.
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Keeping people warm is important. Using electric heaters to do that is a good way to do it.
However, electric space heaters will not keep tanks, fresh supply pipes, and tank drains from freezing. Any water under the insulated floor can freeze. Sometimes pipes and fittings are located next to uninsulated walls like steel wheel wells. Even closed spaces inside insulated TT walls can get cold enough to freeze water pumps. Yes, mine did ($230). A 50 gallon fresh tank full of water can last a couple of days at 29 degrees F. Pipes and valves maybe 4 hours.
Camping in the winter with functioning plumbing requires features through out the TT to be designed for it. A good sign the one you are looking at is
good to go is that the waste drain valves and pipes are in an enclosed space. Enclosed, insulated, and heated is what is needed.
Also look at insulation features listed in previous posts.
Don't believe advertising slogans like "All Season" or "Fully Enclosed and Heated Underbelly". There is no truth in advertising in the TT industry.
Many Canadian TT's builders do produce "All Season" TT's. Very few US builders do.