Over the weekend, I posted that I was having problems with the water pipes freezing in my Kountrylite due to lack of insulation.
I managed to thaw them out by fitting a temporary skirt to the rig and running a small fan heater under the rig from a separate supply.
It turns out that I needent have gone to such trouble!:oh:
The dealer (Calder leisure) read my posting and has gone to the trouble of e-mailing me to explain how to use the system properly.
There is a hot air supply permanently fed into the chassis void where the pipes run. In exreme conditions (and I think it's fair to say that minus 16.5 is extreme!) if you run the gas heater, but close the vents INSIDE the rig, all the hot air will be directed into the void underneath to quickly defrost the pipes which I think is a rather ingenious idea!
Based on my own experience on Friday night, I'm not sure that you'd even have to close the inside vents for this to work. We got home form work at 7pm to -9 deg and frozen pipes. Even tho I didn't know about this feature, I turned on the gas heating figuring that enough heat might seep from the ducting to thaw out the pipes. In about 15 to 20 minutes, we were completely thawed out and warm as toast.
So, hats off to the dealer for his trouble and slap wrist for me for not reading the flippin' manual properly!:thumb:
I managed to thaw them out by fitting a temporary skirt to the rig and running a small fan heater under the rig from a separate supply.
It turns out that I needent have gone to such trouble!:oh:
The dealer (Calder leisure) read my posting and has gone to the trouble of e-mailing me to explain how to use the system properly.
There is a hot air supply permanently fed into the chassis void where the pipes run. In exreme conditions (and I think it's fair to say that minus 16.5 is extreme!) if you run the gas heater, but close the vents INSIDE the rig, all the hot air will be directed into the void underneath to quickly defrost the pipes which I think is a rather ingenious idea!
Based on my own experience on Friday night, I'm not sure that you'd even have to close the inside vents for this to work. We got home form work at 7pm to -9 deg and frozen pipes. Even tho I didn't know about this feature, I turned on the gas heating figuring that enough heat might seep from the ducting to thaw out the pipes. In about 15 to 20 minutes, we were completely thawed out and warm as toast.
So, hats off to the dealer for his trouble and slap wrist for me for not reading the flippin' manual properly!:thumb: