Freeze Protection

[Chuck Wheeler]

Jon,

You do not say what bb you have, but our 82 has the plumbing wrapped with heat tape plus freeze heaters in the pipe areas. If you have the power for a electric heater I would make sure that the others are installed and working. It would be very difficult to keep the plumbing areas warm by heating the inside of the coach. I discovered this when I had a electrical problem that kept the freeze heaters from working. The plumbing froze up while the inside of the BB was about 75 degrees. Outside temperature was 14. I was lucky and didn't break any pipes.

- Chuck Wheeler-

1982 FC 31SB Fort Worth TX

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From: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jon
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 10:03 PM
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Freeze protection

Well I blew down all my water lines this week and now its 20 degrees
outside. So I hope I got all the water out of both lines as it would
be hell to repair water lines that were not drained down. I also set
up a oil electric heater in the coach just for good measures. Oh yes
one more this is that sence only haft the coach has fresh water lines
running from the back I also hung a heavy blanket from a rod (like a
shower curtain) in the front end inside of the coach by the bathroom
door.

Now I was wondering has anyone here had the misfortune of not checking
there water lines before a big freeze? And do the newer coaches have a
better system to keep the internal pipes from freezing?