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    Posted: 01 Oct 2015 at 9:49pm
Supposed to be another 36 degree night! I'm a newbie and pretty worried about my new R pod freezing up. So tell me, is it safe to put my little heater in the camper tonight? Without me in it?   Who's to say it won't dip below freezing?? What do you people do?
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Posts: 1676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Oct 2015 at 9:56pm
You are gonna have to get a lot colder that 36 or 32 or 25 degrees F to worry about for a night. Takes a while and coooold temps for real freeze to damage anything. If you are really concerned, I suggest a small heater, a bottle of wine, a significant other or cat or dog and enjoy the cool night!

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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Oct 2015 at 10:05pm
Yup, no worries at that temp.  When it goes more than a few degrees below freezing for more than a few hours overnight then it is about time.  As long as most of the hours of the day are at or above you are fine.
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Posts: 46 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Oct 2015 at 10:30pm
Thanks, fellas! Feel much better now.
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Posts: 122 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 Oct 2015 at 11:21pm
Not camping this week but here at home we had 30.9 Mon night and 32 Tues night.
Time to buy the pink stuff, just in case I need it in a hurry!   Star

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Posts: 1454 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Oct 2015 at 5:41am
36 isn't a problem, but to be clear, a heater in the pod will do a little, but not enough to keep lines from freezing when it gets to 20 or 25F.  Water lines are outside and/or in areas that don't get full heat.

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Posts: 46 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Oct 2015 at 12:46pm
I appreciate everyone's feedback. I'm going up north this weekend, for four days. Guess I'd better winterize when I get back. Since I like to camp through the first part of November, I'll just go waterless. Sure wish the sink had a direct line outside, rather than to the tank!
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Posts: 1797 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Oct 2015 at 3:00pm
Originally posted by Idaklee

I appreciate everyone's feedback. I'm going up north this weekend, for four days. Guess I'd better winterize when I get back. Since I like to camp through the first part of November, I'll just go waterless. Sure wish the sink had a direct line outside, rather than to the tank!


Not sure what you're looking for here. The POD draws water directly from the external city water connection if it's connected. Doesn't need water in the tank. The external hose must be disconnected during freezing WX. As I recall all water pipes are all buried in the floor, not exposed to the outside, so they should be OK in moderately freezing temps.
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Posts: 46 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Oct 2015 at 5:15pm
Oh, sorry for confusion. My Aliner has a sink that drains water right outside into a pail. That way, I can use water from a Coleman cooler and not worry about what falls into the sinK. I can still brush teeth and throw coffee down that sink and not worry about it. Now, with the Rpod, I'll need to be careful and use a dishpan in the sink once it's been winterized.
That's all...just venting a little.😀
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