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[Dick & Trish]

We plan to visit relatives in Northern Indiana over Thanksgiving and we are concerned about what needs to be done for a two night visit in possible freezing weather. We plan to head to Florida for the winter the day after Thanksgiving.  We have a 2011 Model 3100 which we love and don't want to damage.  We plan to either plug in to their 110 system with a heavy duty cord to our RV or we can run our generator along with two cube catalytic heaters inside.  Do we need to run the tank heater in the bath?  Do we need to leave the water heater turned on?  Do we need to open any specific doors or drawers. Should I induce RV antifreeze anywhere before we leave home?   I used to be pretty good at doing the necessary things but they seem to escape me with age.  Any help would be appreciated.

I misspoke above calling the heater a catalytic heater.  They are little ceramic cube electric heaters.  No liquids are used.  Thanks so much to those who have offered winterizing suggestions for Trish and I.  They are appreciated very much.

[lghjr]

I am not too comfortable with cat heaters in a confined space - hope they are in fact ceramic heaters.  Other than that pretty much what Bob said.

[2 Frazzled]

We are currently camping in below freezing weather (dropping for just for a few hours each night) but we have 30 amp hookups. My nagging worry applies here though. What about the outdoor shower? I can't find shutoff valves. I unscrewed and drained the shower hose and am basically hoping that is enough. I've played with a few ideas: 1) buy a bag of pillow type fiberfill stuffing at a craft or fabric store and cram it in the cabinet as insulation OR 2) put a large plastic bag in there, spray the gently expanding foam into the bag and close the compartment until it sets up (Not the super expanding stuff, it can expand until it breaks things). I would have to first put something over the faucets to prevent the foam from expanding behind them and thus never coming back out.

I worry about those few freezing hours (possibly unnecessarily) but Dick and Trish will be in a hard freeze for days so their shower is more likely to freeze.

Any suggestions?

[Denny & Barb]

Here in northern Wisconsin, fall camping I usually just drain the outside shower hose. Done.

20 amp ckt will run one cube heater, maybe two if u shut off elect water heater.

Antifreeze in the gray and black tanks.  (Make sure the mercenary is winterized before u camp and use Ms. Stinky to dump.

As long as there is heat in coach the fresh water system is good to go.

It is just this simple that works for us.  We do camping into December most years.

Denny and Barb

[Bruce]

Hey, I like the look of your sewer hose storage.  Is it the 64" L E-Z Hose Carrier that I see at Camping World online?
Was that carrier easy to install?  I'm guessing that it was harder to do than it looks.
Thanks for the photo,
Bruce

[2 Frazzled]

I tried having one installed when ours was built and Stuart told me no. Now I guess we'll have to figure out how to install one ourselves. We may never NEED the 3" hose but there will be times we want to use one if we stay in place long enough with full hookups. We have the hose and caps and elbow but just cram it into one of the bins for now.

[Bruce]

I found this while I was looking up the EZ one mentioned above: http://www.dwincorp.com/products/82/SUPER-TUBE  looks interesting, big enough for the rhino flex.

Yes, that carrier looks perfect.
We too carry a 3" hose stuffed in a storage cabinet for draining gray water when we're camped in one spot for more than a couple of days. 
Could anyone explain how to attach a carrier under our 2552?
Bruce

[yankeeflyer]

Here's our installation,not as nice as GoPhoenix but works for us with ty wraps. 

Here is how we store ours underneath tywrapped to the frame.


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Here is how we store ours underneath tywrapped to the frame.

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