https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : I need HELP!!! : Storage Tank Warmers Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 21 May 2026 15:27:13 +0000 Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:06:34 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=14062 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14062&PID=136683#136683 Author: mcarter
Subject: 14062
Posted: 28 Sep 2020 at 4:06pm

+1 to Offgrid. I live in TN, I clear lines with compressed air (30-40 psi), add antifreeze to traps and toilet. I have never seen a tank warmer on a factory RPod, and I have never heard of filling tanks with water and antifreeze. The anti-freeze winterizing puts antifreeze in the lines and has to be removed in camping season.]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:06:34 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14062&PID=136683#136683 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14062&PID=136677#136677 Author: offgrid
Subject: 14062
Posted: 28 Sep 2020 at 1:08pm

Lots of threads on here about winterizing, with detailed instructions. If you did a poll of the forum you would finds some folks blow the lines out with compressed air (being careful not to use much pressure) and just put antifreeze in the drain traps, others drain and then pump RV antifreeze into the lines using the provided suction line to the 12V water pump.  Either way you drain the water heater tank, bypass it, and drain all three storage tanks. No major problems I've heard of doing it either way, but if you pump RV antifreeze in you have to flush it out in the spring. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:08:33 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14062&PID=136677#136677 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14062&PID=136675#136675 Author: BMac12345
Subject: 14062
Posted: 28 Sep 2020 at 12:57pm

Good to know. I've seen a couple winterizing options. One involves filling everything with water and some sort of RV antifreeze. But I've read that Rpods shouldn't be winterized with the antifreeze for some reason. So would emptying all the lines and tanks be preferred?]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:57:12 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14062&PID=136675#136675 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14062&PID=136673#136673 Author: offgrid
Subject: 14062
Posted: 28 Sep 2020 at 12:43pm

There aren't any on any rPod I've ever head of, unless someone added them. And you really shouldn't. They won't protect the water lines themselves, which are more vulnerable to freezing than the tanks, and they use a huge amount of electricity. Its better just to winterize the the trailer when it gets below freezing and use bottled water kept warm in the trailer to flush the toilet and for cooking if you plan on doing any winter camping. ]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:43:25 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14062&PID=136673#136673 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14062&PID=136672#136672 Author: BMac12345
Subject: 14062
Posted: 28 Sep 2020 at 11:14am

The Rpod manual mentions turning on some warming mats that are supposed to prevent the fluid from freezing in cold weather. Anybody know where the switches are to turn these things on? The manual doesn't say.]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:14:52 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14062&PID=136672#136672