holding tanks and freezing

[Tom Meservey]

When I was in Cincinnati last yearand through one of the coldest winters we have
experienced: I was being pumped out weekly by the port-a-potty guy, so I not
only had to keep the tanks from freezing but also the drain line and valves.
Randy Dupree told me to use rock salt and I did, but found that when it got down
to 20 and below, that an electric heater underneath the coach really helped and
did the job. I also put skirting around the coach to prevent the wind from
whistling underneath. The only thing I had freeze was the line from the galley,
back behind the shower stall and into the bathroom. My lines were originally
wrapped with the blue heat tape. which had long since 'bit the dust.' In my
'81 I have a little trap door under the vanity in the bathroom and I could open
that door, lay a drop light with a 100 watt bulb in there and position a
electric heater so that I would blow across the light bulb and up through that
space to the galley. I had the luxury of
being able to run as many extension cords from the power pole where we were at,
so over drawing the coaches electrical system was not a consideration. Hope
this helps.

Tom Meservey, USN (Ret)
'81FC33' still for sale, cannot believe someone has NOT gobbled it right up,


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