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Old 08-17-2012, 11:09 AM   #1
Nudels2u75
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Living N RV Thru Winter N Iowa

I am buying hay and wrapping it with tarps to tuck in for skirting, and I have checked my furnace, and I have heat stips in both Ac Units, and I am going to buy a few electric heaters.

Can somebody tell me what other preperations that I need to do before winter hits...

I am planning on leaving my lower cabinet doors open!!

I am adding heat to my fuel tanks!!!

I installed a heat strip on my waterhose and put it inside 6" PVC Pipe!

I have already purchased a few electric blankets!!!!

Does the water tanks have heat strips on them?????

Is there anything else that will need to be done????
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Old 08-17-2012, 02:01 PM   #2
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Nudels2u75, Howdy;

Appericate your 'get-r-done' NOW attitude...

However I'd skip the straw/hay bales. even in plastic they will attract more
mice,rats, and other vermin than youd care to keep warm all Winter.
You haven't mentioned what kind ou RV you have.That would help us to help
you...

I've spent 2 of the last 3 Winters in Central utah, where the temps. get down
to -40 and that's the standing temp. I used 1/2" plywood around the bottom,
made sure I had a site with a Southern exposure for the plumbing side
(driver's side), so i could get the benefit of some solar warming. Heat tape and
pipe foam for the water hose. i got hold of some fittings to make a
Hardline waste pipe (black), that the Sun helped keep thawed.
When it snowed I'd pile it up around the skirting as an insulater (keeps
interior temps from dropping below 32*.

Lot's of things one can do.

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Old 08-17-2012, 02:12 PM   #3
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Don't forget to provide heat in the space under your trailer. A couple of light bulbs or maybe even an electric heater will help the underpinning keep things warm under there. You may want to install a remote thermometer under there so you can monitor the temp.

Install the heat source in that space close to where most of the plumbing and tanks will benefit.
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Old 08-17-2012, 02:51 PM   #4
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Not sure about adding bales of hay and stuffing them around the perimeter of your RV. As hankaye pointed out, they would make a warm and cozy place for mice and other critters. Dry hay also makes an excellent fuel for fire so I'd think carefully about using this as skirting. Speaking of critters, you should plug up all holes and other openings that can be found around the outside, in storage compartments, propane tank compartments, etc. Try stuffing bronze wool into the openings and topping it off with a good shot of foam spray to completely seal the openings. You'll have no trouble finding all these openings --- around plumbing pipes and tubing - inside cupboards and storage compartments.
Check geo's threads on winterizing. He has several threads and posts on this topic. Do a forum search on winterizing/underbelly insulation/ etc.
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Old 08-17-2012, 04:31 PM   #5
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Howdy All;

The bales are most dangerious when damp and can not breath adaquately.
Spontanious combustion occurs when the damp straw or hay, that is tightly compressed into bales attempts to dry. They generate heat and there are several barn fires each year due to that reason.

http://www.nstmop.psu.edu/tasksheets...ge%20Fires.pdf

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