R-pod Owners Forum : One night below freezing for 11 hours https://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : I need HELP!!! : One night below freezing for 11 hours Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 21 May 2026 18:21:18 +0000 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:03:51 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 https://www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=14300 R-pod Owners Forum https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.rpod-owners.com/ One night below freezing for 11 hours : http://www.rpod-owners.com/f... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14300&PID=139024#139024 Author: Pod_Geek
Subject: 14300
Posted: 18 Dec 2020 at 9:03am

http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14122&KW=&title=rpod-survives-9-hours-of-subfreezing-temperatures

As a follow-up to that experience, we returned from warmer climes to the Denver suburbs on the Sunday after Thanksgiving this year in the unwinterized R-Pod, arriving after dark.  Temps at the house were predicted to bottom out at maybe 26 degrees F for maybe 6 hours.  Well, once again we must have been lucky as they sank to the high teens for most of the night.  I did run a space heater in the Pod overnight.

At about 10AM I hooked up the compressor and attempted the blowout.  Outside shower/goat washer blew out fine, but air would not move through any of the inside lines Shocked

I tried a couple more times.  No luck.  At about 2 PM, with temps in the 60s and the R-Pod in direct sun the lines finally opened up and all blew out as normal.

I don't think anything broke, but when we next hook up to city water we'll see just how big a dumba$$ I was...
]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2020 09:03:51 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14300&PID=139024#139024 One night below freezing for 11 hours : At 26 you should be ok overnight.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14300&PID=139023#139023 Author: offgrid
Subject: 14300
Posted: 18 Dec 2020 at 8:44am

At 26 you should be ok overnight. If you want to and have the ability to connect to city water you could hook up and crack a couple of faucets open, both the hot and cold lines, so the lines slowly drip through. The water heater can be left off, it won’t freeze in there. Water takes a lot to freeze so allowing a little to trickle through works well as long as it’s not really cold. Just leave a little heat on inside and the gray tank drain open. ]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2020 08:44:53 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14300&PID=139023#139023 One night below freezing for 11 hours : And yeah, leave the water heater... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14300&PID=139021#139021 Author: Tars Tarkas
Subject: 14300
Posted: 17 Dec 2020 at 11:18pm

And yeah, leave the water heater on.  But, again, you aren't likely to have any problems either way with temps only down to 26 over night with heat in the Pod.

TT
]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2020 23:18:37 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14300&PID=139021#139021 One night below freezing for 11 hours : You are very unlikely to have... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14300&PID=139020#139020 Author: Tars Tarkas
Subject: 14300
Posted: 17 Dec 2020 at 11:16pm

You are very unlikely to have any problems.  Two things I'd do differently: no antifreeze in the waste tanks, especially for the temps you're talking about, and I'd use a little electric heater turned down just about as far as it can go instead of the furnace.  What you're doing is fine though.

Leave the bathroom door open too.

TT
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Subject: 14300
Posted: 17 Dec 2020 at 8:21pm

And I am not hooked up to a water supply. ]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2020 20:21:23 +0000 https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14300&PID=139019#139019 One night below freezing for 11 hours : 2020 R-Pod 180 Midwest Edition.... https://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14300&PID=139018#139018 Author: in2thefire
Subject: 14300
Posted: 17 Dec 2020 at 8:20pm

2020 R-Pod 180 Midwest Edition. Tonight in Alabama it will get down to 26° and stay below freezing for 11 hours. I’ve done some research and here’s my preparation: freshwater tank is empty. Black and gray water tanks have RV antifreeze in them. I am plugged into the house and will run the furnace throughout the night with cabinets and drawers open. I will also open the external shower faucet. My question is should I have the water heater turned on? I’ve heard different things: some people say that you should bypass and then drain it Which may or may not involve removing the “something rod”. But I’m taking a trip to Florida tomorrow and it will not be below freezing down there. I’m thinking I should just leave the water heater on and it should be fine, right?

Thanks for any input!
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