Some folks place a work light in their pass-thru storage area. a little 100 watt bulb might give off enough heat. Keeping your RV pipes warm during the winter months will depend on where you live. Different geographic region requires different types of ways to keep your pipes. In Phoenix we might get a morning where it dips below freezing (32 degrees) but usually it's only for an hour or two and you may do nothing to protect your pipes. You have to so what's best for your area. I been using the same antifreeze for years. I just dump 6gals of antifreeze into the fresh water tank and run all the faucets until I see pink stuff. In the Spring I recapture most of the antifreeze back into the same jugs. I also sanitize everything afterwards. Good to go.
FULL TIMER HERE. I've got skirting with a clip on heat lamp (for the REALLY cold nights). Heated cord with thermostat on outside water line at RV connection (built a little insulated house around it too). Any cabinet that has water line and water tank access door kept open. Thermostat usually on 62 with adjusting for really cold temps. Low flow floor vents in bedroom (5th wheel) not enough for really cold nights so compensate with space heater (yes plugged into outlet alone). I have 3 - 100lb propane tanks so always have on hand for quick switch when needed. Use a Mopeka propane sensor and I love it. Full time seems like a lot of work but I'm a permanent set up and it's a huge money saver in the grand scheme of things
The little space heaters usually have a 'high' and 'low' setting, and the low setting only draws 600-800 watts. That can be very handy when you don't want to risk overloading a circuit. Also, a rooftop mounted heat pump will do a great job heating in above freezing temps. We full-time in our fifth wheel, and our heat pump is our primary heat source.
You could buy a heated mattress cover instead of a heated blanket. They are fitted to the mattress just as fitted sheets. Then you don’t have all of the bulk of a heated blanket.
"... underneath because heat rises"... incorrect, heat, in and of itself "radiates"... heated "air" rises. Correct me, if I'm wrong sir, but...physics. Yeah, I'm the one that yanked the 7-prong off the fifth-wheel... giddy up.
I think it would be safer to get an electric heated mattress pad instead laying on electric blanket. Not all manufacturers of heated blankets want you to lay on their blankets.
Some folks place a work light in their pass-thru storage area. a little 100 watt bulb might give off enough heat. Keeping your RV pipes warm during the winter months will depend on where you live. Different geographic region requires different types of ways to keep your pipes. In Phoenix we might get a morning where it dips below freezing (32 degrees) but usually it's only for an hour or two and you may do nothing to protect your pipes. You have to so what's best for your area. I been using the same antifreeze for years. I just dump 6gals of antifreeze into the fresh water tank and run all the faucets until I see pink stuff. In the Spring I recapture most of the antifreeze back into the same jugs. I also sanitize everything afterwards. Good to go.
I also open the cabinet doors under the sinks it doesn't hurt to have warm air there.
FULL TIMER HERE. I've got skirting with a clip on heat lamp (for the REALLY cold nights). Heated cord with thermostat on outside water line at RV connection (built a little insulated house around it too). Any cabinet that has water line and water tank access door kept open. Thermostat usually on 62 with adjusting for really cold temps. Low flow floor vents in bedroom (5th wheel) not enough for really cold nights so compensate with space heater (yes plugged into outlet alone). I have 3 - 100lb propane tanks so always have on hand for quick switch when needed. Use a Mopeka propane sensor and I love it. Full time seems like a lot of work but I'm a permanent set up and it's a huge money saver in the grand scheme of things
The little space heaters usually have a 'high' and 'low' setting, and the low setting only draws 600-800 watts. That can be very handy when you don't want to risk overloading a circuit.
Also, a rooftop mounted heat pump will do a great job heating in above freezing temps. We full-time in our fifth wheel, and our heat pump is our primary heat source.
You might want to mention to not use the pretty little electric want to be fire place. Because mine is 4 foot away from the thermostat
You could buy a heated mattress cover instead of a heated blanket. They are fitted to the mattress just as fitted sheets. Then you don’t have all of the bulk of a heated blanket.
"... underneath because heat rises"... incorrect, heat, in and of itself "radiates"... heated "air" rises. Correct me, if I'm wrong sir, but...physics.
Yeah, I'm the one that yanked the 7-prong off the fifth-wheel... giddy up.
God Bless (John 3:16)
I live in Montana. I want to leave my RV for one month . I will drain my lines and keep the furnace on as normal. Is there anything else I should do?
Winterize it.
From Whitefish, I also say, take the time and winterize
I learnt something! 👍
“Well that was longer than 2 minutes”
I think it would be safer to get an electric heated mattress pad instead laying on electric blanket. Not all manufacturers of heated blankets want you to lay on their blankets.
My wife is my heating blanket : )