HOW TO: RV in the Winter

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Weve been RV snowbirds for 8 winters in a row, mostly in the Desert Southwest. This year, for the very first time, well be spending the winter in the RV in a northern location. Granted, the Lower Mainland of British Columbia isnt exactly Manitoba when it comes to winter, but were far enough up in the mountains to get some freezing temperatures and snow here. We show you all the steps were taking to winter in our motorhome. Well demonstrate how to keep the water hose from freezing and how to keep ourselves warm too. Well cover water hose insulation, heat tape, the differences between all five sources of heat we have available, moisture & humidity control, and even pest control. SInce this is our first time dealing with winter in the rig, weve done a lot of reading and learned a lot from our friends and neighbors up here in beautiful, friendly BC. The site were on has 30-amp electric, so we have to be particularly aware of our power usage. Luckily, Birgit & Greg, whose site were using, were nice enough to let us tap into their super-size external propane tank (well be paying for the propane we use, of course). So propane shouldnt be a problem, but well still want to keep our usage to a minimum, since its expensive, and propane use can cause excess moisture to build up in the rig. There are lots of RVers who know way more than we do about RVing in REAL winter deep freeze conditions, but we wanted to give other cold weather newbies a feel for some of the steps <b>…<b>


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5 Comments

  • At 2011.11.07 13:51, RVgeeks said:

    @mterib1 Thanks Teri! Glad you liked it.

    • At 2011.11.07 14:59, towncar008 said:

      Very nice video did not know about moist biuld up Divorced now a live full time in MH Thanks a gain

      • At 2011.11.07 16:07, bigshirley217 said:

        very well done and informative keep them coming!!

        • At 2011.11.07 17:15, 20181c said:

          Great job on the video!

          • At 2011.11.07 18:23, rocksiphone said:

            Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I am new at Rv’ing

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