Date:         Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:30:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
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From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: how cold is too cold
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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Yeah.  At BBTB and such places as that.

115 degrees sucks, but wintertime 50 - 60 degrees is quite nice.

Karl Wolz

Phoenix, AZ

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Alistair Bell
|Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 8:34 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: how cold is too cold
|
|cheap vodka is another solution.
|
|and its a bonus in spring.
|
|Anyone use the water tank during winter camping?
|
|alistair
|
|
|On 24-Nov-10, at 6:51 PM, David Beierl wrote:
|
|At 05:09 PM 11/24/2010  -0600, Dave Mcneely wrote:
|> so far as water in the water tank and lines on a VW camper?  For
|> winter, I normally just drain them, and for winter camping, use jugs
|> for water, which I protect as much as I can.  Someone on here
|> inquiring about heat mentioned that the water lines froze at 22
|> F.  I've normally drained everything as soon as I expect any
|> temperatures in the high
|
|They'll freeze at 31.99F if you wait long enough.  Simplest thing is
|to drain the tank and pour in enough RV antifreeze to pump through
|the lines *and flush out the sink trap.*
|
|Porta-potti in the dead of winter works pretty well with straight RV
|antifreeze in the upper chamber.
|
|The stuff is generally colored pink and is clearly marked for potable
|water systems.
|
|Yours,
|David