Tuesday, November 12, 2013

How to RV in the Winter

After RV snowbirding for eight winters in a row, mostly in the Desert Southwest, we spent the winter in the RV in a northern location for the very first time.

Granted, the Lower Mainland of British Columbia isn't exactly Manitoba when it comes to winter, but we were far enough up in the mountains to get some sub-freezing temperatures and quite a bit of snow.

We share all of the steps we took to winter in our motorhome, demonstrating how to keep the water hose from freezing and how to keep ourselves warm too. We cover water hose insulation, heat tape, the differences between all five sources of heat we have available, moisture & humidity control, and even pest control.

We also used our Extend-a-Stay (also known as a Stay-a-While or an Extend-a-Flow) to connect to a large external propane tank.



Click to find the products we show in this video on Amazon:
Heat Tape, Slunky sewer hose support, Valterra water pressure regulatorKozy World heater, 0000 steel woolExtend-a-Stay.

We don't pretend to be experts on any particular RV topic, and mostly know about maintaining our own rig. But many systems are the same on different RVs. The advice we give works well for us, but be sure to consult a professional technician if you're unsure about working on your own RV.

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