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Old 02-24-2019, 10:36 AM   #1
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We are traveling to Montana, towing our Voyage Lite. The weather has been very cold. Any suggestions on prep or precautions for this trip? We will be parked once we arrive for two weeks, using the unit. We do have the Polar Pkg. Thank you!
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Old 02-24-2019, 01:23 PM   #2
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We are traveling to Montana, towing our Voyage Lite. The weather has been very cold. Any suggestions on prep or precautions for this trip? We will be parked once we arrive for two weeks, using the unit. We do have the Polar Pkg. Thank you!
Kind of depends on temperature the polar package is built for and exactly how it is built.
-- In temps in the low 20's and lower for hours on end, the water pipes which run along the floor and near the outer walls will freeze. Open all lower cabinet doors for air circulation.
-- Using the fresh water tank for drinking water probably would be better that trying to keep the outside water hose from freezing.
-- Assuming your gray & black water disposal valves are inside a compartment, get "trouble lights" from the hardware store and put 100watt incandescent bulb in them and put one in each outside compartment which as water.
-- A polar package probable requires you to be using the forced air furnace to blow warm air toward your black & gray tanks, so you have to keep using the furnace. That means having access to plenty of propane. You may use a full tank every 1-3 days.
-- If you have days down to 5-10 degrees for a day or more you should drain everything first and put the pink RV antifreeze in everything that has water in it. Bottled water for drinking.
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Old 02-24-2019, 01:30 PM   #3
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Thank you for your response. After all the research I have been doing I think we are going to "dry" camp. Bottled water, honey bucket and electric space heaters. Not a very great way to do things but it has been below zero.
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Thank you for your response. After all the research I have been doing I think we are going to "dry" camp. Bottled water, honey bucket and electric space heaters. Not a very great way to do things but it has been below zero.
That makes things much simpler.
For honey bucket, consider RV porta potties: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rv+porta+...nb_sb_ss_i_4_8
Note that you will most likely be putting water from the sink into the gray tank. Stop by Walmart and pick up the pink RV antifreeze.
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Please come back after your trip and let us know your experience and how it worked out for you.
It is always nice to pass on what you learned from staying in an RV in very, very cold weather.
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Our daughter called yesterday and it was -8. That was the air temp not wind chill. This is going to be an experience. Thank you for your suggestions Al&Sharon. I have two gallons of the RV antifreeze.
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Our daughter called yesterday and it was -8. That was the air temp not wind chill. This is going to be an experience. Thank you for your suggestions Al&Sharon. I have two gallons of the RV antifreeze.
Look in Walmart for the 2 or 2.5 gallon jugs of antifreeze. I suggest you have an additional 2 or 4 gallons on hand to keep your gray water tank from freezing. Actually not so much the tank as the dump valve and piping.
With -8 or even zero I would want to tell you not to try it. However that may not be a viable option for you.
Good luck with your stay.
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Old 02-25-2019, 06:44 PM   #8
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Al & Sharon, we are going for a new grandchild that is supposed to arrive around the 19th. They live rural so we need the 5th wheel for beds. Too far to drive back and forth to town to stay in a motel. We have used the 5th wheel there twice before but not in the winter. It is going to be a challenge to get there and then to stay there, we might leave the 5th wheel there and pick it up in June. Thank you for all your suggestions.
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Al & Sharon, we are going for a new grandchild that is supposed to arrive around the 19th. They live rural so we need the 5th wheel for beds. Too far to drive back and forth to town to stay in a motel. We have used the 5th wheel there twice before but not in the winter. It is going to be a challenge to get there and then to stay there, we might leave the 5th wheel there and pick it up in June. Thank you for all your suggestions.
The birth of a grandchild is awesome. The best of luck to all of you.

About the electric space heaters. If the RV is going to be plugged into a standard household 15 or 20 amp outlet you can only run one 1500 watt space heater on that cord.

Consider buying 3 extension cords with #10 wire at your local hardware store or Amazon. Run them from 3 different outlets inside the house. Each outlet connected to a different circuit breaker in the house power panel. Run the extension cords trough a window in the RV to 3 space heaters. Tape up the partly open window to seal from the outdoors.

Since the extension cords will probably be 50 to 100 feet long you really need #10 wire. #12 wire may overheat or have too great of a voltage loss for the heater.
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