old heat tape on pipes

[ronmarabito2002]

Tom:

Do you already have a location for painting your coach? What
kind of paint will they use and what kind of cost?

Also, did you ever consider a stop in Quartzsite in January
during the big RV get together there?

R.E. (ron) Marabito, Dallas, TX 92WB40

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, tom240842@a... wrote:
> Hi Ernie and group,
>
> Last winter every time I opened the little door under my vanity
in the
> bathroom to thaw out the pipes running back to the galley, I
said "hmmm I wonder
> there is a way to get that old heat tape out and put new heat tape
on,"
> because when it got below 20 degrees, that pipe would solidify.
It never froze
> solid but would not flow, from the galley to the wash basin where
the heat tape
> ended. My heat tape has never worked, and whereas it is between
the shower
> wall, behind the ice maker and stove, it is going to be about
impossible to
> get out; UNLESS, one removed the stove, and the ice maker, then
most of it
> would be accessible, at least in a 33 footer. Might be more of a
run for you.
> My solution (famous last words) is NOT be anywhere again where
the
> temperature drops below 20 degrees.
>
> Head south m'friend.
>
> Regards to the group, hopefully will be leaving Cincinnati soon,
heading for
> Charleston and Savannah, wintering for the most part at
Charleston AFB, then
> out to Yuma and across the border to have the coach painted, on to
HWH to
> have jack maintenance, and I think up to Idaho, for a summer of
fly fishing
> until my arm falls off.
>
> Tom Meservey, USN (Ret)
> '81FC33'
>
>
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