"Winterize" by turning on heat on cold nights?

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sapelodm
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"Winterize" by turning on heat on cold nights?

Our 2020 16' Scamp is right out of the box, so we're still learning. We live in Decatur, Georgia (near Atlanta) where the winters are usually relatively mild. We plan some winter season camping, so we don't really want to chemically winterize, then un-winterize, then winterize again, etc. We have emptied all tanks to the best of our abilities, so there shouldn't be much liquid left inside, though there may be some. What if we just turned on the furnace to 70 degrees or so on nights that the temperature will drop below freezing? Would that keep our pipes safe?

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Daphne and Susan

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Winterize

I believe the answer is no.  You have a pump for the shower drain and exposed lines underneath.

Doug

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Winterizing

If you don't want to use the pink stuff to winterize, you can always use a rv winterizing blow out adapter on the city water inlet and use compressed air. https://amzn.to/2Oc9Grz

I'd still run some pink stuff in the traps and the head of shower/water pump, but this method can be pretty effective and eliminate pink stuff in your potable water lines.

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