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[hankaye]

mobile42 an Smitty, Howdy;

Originally Posted by Smitty
I purchased this hose at Amazon.com for a fellow worker and he's using it on his fifth wheel when the weather gets colder. I know it's not the right type but he used it and said it worked out well for him. I'll try putting in the link and see if it works, still new to this. http://www.amazon.com/API-foot-Heate...6760905&sr=8-6

Originally Posted by mobile42

That heated hose wouldn't of never worked at the RV park we were at. Each RV site had frozen water faucets. Those below minus degree temperatures here in Southern New Mexico were really rare.

I live in my 278 RKS, in Central Utah.
However, I just bought it. The following is what I did the past 2 winters.

I had to put my own heat tape on the pedistal plumming. Used one of those hoses from the link. 1st. one died in a week. They stood by warrenty and shipped one out for next day delivery. Got it and it held up even when it got down to -40 or so for a few days in a row. When it gets cold here it stays that way. We didn't see temps. above +10 for near a month.
I kept ALL of my cabnets cracked open (I used to live in a TT plumming ran across the floor along the driver's side of the TT.) I skirted my TT with 1/2" OSB that I painted and had to dig a trench for it to fit in.The Park owners put 12" (ID) pipe stuffed with fiberglass insulation over the risers to the spigots. I had to put heat tape on the riser. Last year I had bought a heat tape that was 3 or 4 feet longer then my hose and used the excess for the riser.
I found that even when the temps. stayed above Zero, yet below 32 I still had to keep water moving through the hose to prevent it from iceing up. I was NOT impressed with it.
This winter I'm going back to my white hose, heat tape, and foam insulation. For me it's proven.

This next winter I hope to be in Southern NM.

hankaye