{"id":19506,"date":"2016-01-30T12:47:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T12:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/?p=19506"},"modified":"2018-11-21T16:25:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T16:25:18","slug":"winterisation-living-in-a-motorhome-in-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/winterisation-living-in-a-motorhome-in-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Winterisation &#8211; Living in a Motorhome in Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19507\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09473-1024x768-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09473 (1024x768)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09473-1024x768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09473-1024x768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09473-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09473-1024x768-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09473-1024x768-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>OK, I&#8217;ll fess up here: although we&#8217;ve lived in a motorhome through two winters, we spent the cold months south, very south. The first year was in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/category\/morocco-motorhome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morocco<\/a>, and the second in <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/category\/tunisia-motorhome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tunisia<\/a>. The coldest we&#8217;ve got down to was probably -3 or -4\u00b0C, and then only for a day or two. This year we&#8217;re planning on getting into the Alps in a week or so, so should see prolonged sub-zero temperatures this tour. As far as I can tell, Zagan (our 2001 Hymer B544) is about as ready as he could be, but we&#8217;ll see!<\/p>\n<p>So what makes a motorhome ready for winter? This is the stuff we&#8217;ve been thinking about. I&#8217;ll update this post once we&#8217;ve actually had a longish stint in the cold. Any hints and tips gratefully received by the way.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fresh water\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>We don&#8217;t want this stuff freezin&#8217; &#8211; we need our brew of a morning! Our B544 has an Al-Ko chassis with two floors &#8211; the one we walk about on inside and another one which you can see by sticking your head under the van and looking up. The fresh water tank is sat between these floors, which means it&#8217;s insulated from the cold outside temperatures. The space between the floors is also heated by the blown air heating which heats the inside of the van, which again should help avoid the water\u00a0freezing.<\/li>\n<li>As an aside, we also need to be able to refill with water every few days. Finding taps which haven&#8217;t been turned off for the winter might be a challenge, especially as we don&#8217;t tend to use campsites. We&#8217;ve various resources to help us (<a href=\"http:\/\/park4night.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">park4night.com<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/campingcar-infos.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campingcar-infos.com<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/9076080445\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=9076080445&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=outoamilieuwa-21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camperstop Europe<\/a> book for example).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Waste water<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19509\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09477-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09477\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09477-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09477-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09477.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09477-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09477-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Like the fresh water tank, our B544&#8217;s waste water tank is sat between the two floors and heated by blown air. In theory, this will stop the grey tank freezing.<\/li>\n<li>The next problem then seems to be stopping the pipe used to empty the grey water from freezing. The B544 has a wide waste emptying pipe to help avoid it freezing solid, plus the tap which releases the waste water is within one of the storage lockers rather than being outside the van &#8211; so it&#8217;s insulated between the two floors.<\/li>\n<li>Another option is to just leave the tap open, letting the water flow into a bucket which freezes instead. We&#8217;d need to be careful not to let the bucket overflow though, so this option isn&#8217;t favourite at the moment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Black waste<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Our Thetford cassette&#8217;s in a locker to the rear of the van. As far as I can tell it&#8217;s also heated by the blown air heating so shouldn&#8217;t freeze.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19512\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09475-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09475\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09475-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09475-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09475.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09475-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09475-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Engine fuel<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Diesel doesn&#8217;t cope well with cold temperatures &#8211; turning waxy and refusing to run through the engine. The fuel sold in areas where this might be a problem has an additive to stop this happening, so we&#8217;ll try and get as full a tank as we can from fuel stations located near the mountains. Apparently though, even the diesel sold in the UK should cope down to -15\u00b0C, so I&#8217;m not too worried about this one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Air heating<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The air in the van, including that in the under-seat cupboards, is heated via a blown air system. This runs from our LPG gas supply, and is powered from two leisure batteries. This heating system is clearly critical to keeping the whole van working in the cold. Ideally it would run from diesel and mains electricity too &#8211; but it doesn&#8217;t. Probably the weakest point in our van&#8217;s winter set up is the leisure <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19511\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09470-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09470\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09470-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09470-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09470.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09470-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09470-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>batteries needed to run the heater fan. We have about 170Ah of battery, and a 120W solar panel on the roof, but we have no generator.\u00a0The batteries are a few years old though, and we might not be seeing much sun &#8211; unless we drive (or just run the engine) every few days, or recharge them with mains hook-up, we might risk running them flat.<\/li>\n<li>Ju&#8217;s also sewn thermally-insulating (and black-out) liners to all of the curtains in the van, including the ones which separate the drop-down bed from the main cab area.<\/li>\n<li>We also have an electrical fan heater which we can use on mains hook-up. However, this won&#8217;t heat the inside of the cupboards (risking condensation soaking everything) or the space between the floors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tyres<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19510\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09472-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09472\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09472-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09472-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09472.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09472-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09472-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Ideally we&#8217;d have a full set of winter tyres &#8211; specially formulated to work in cold temperatures. However, these same tyres don&#8217;t last well when used in summer. The cost and inconvenience to swap between winter and summer tyres is prohibitive to us, so we&#8217;ve compromised with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michelin.co.uk\/tyres\/learn-share\/buying-guide\/which-tyres-are-right-for-me-this-winter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mud and Snow<\/a> (M+S) marked tyres. We have a set of Michelin Agelis Camping tyres fitted, which have the M+S marking on their sidewall. According <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaa.com\/motoring_advice\/overseas\/snow-chains-winter-tyres.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to the AA website<\/a>, we need this marking to be legal in Germany and Austria in winter.<\/li>\n<li>The tyres we have are new, so meet the minimum tread requirement in many European countries (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaa.com\/motoring_advice\/overseas\/snow-chains-winter-tyres.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3mm or 4mm<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>We also have a set of snow chains for the front two wheels, compulsory in a number of countries. I&#8217;ve only practised putting &#8217;em on the once though &#8211; must have another couple of goes!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Windscreen<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>We have external silver screens which wrap around the windscreen so insulate the only windows which aren&#8217;t double-glazed in here. These should also protect the wipers from freezing (we can lift them onto the top of the screens, or use pegs to lift them off the screen completely).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gas<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>We have a <a href=\"http:\/\/ourtour.co.uk\/home\/installing-a-gasit-self-refillable-lpg-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refillable GasIT LPG system<\/a>, so we&#8217;re using a mixture of propane and butane. Butane won&#8217;t turn into gas around 0\u00b0C, which would stop the heating system running if we used it exclusively. From what I&#8217;ve read, LPG is mostly propane, so should work fine in sub-zero temperatures. Our bottles carry about 34 litres, which we expect to last maybe a week, although that depends on just how warm we want it in here!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fridge<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19508\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09476-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09476\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09476-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09476-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09476.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09476-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09476-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Weirdly the external vents for the fridge need special plastic covers in place if used in\u00a0cold temperatures. We don&#8217;t have these covers, and it&#8217;s not clear if we need them while running on gas (rather than mains hook-up), but will pick up a set at a motorhome dealers if we have trouble with the fridge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dog!<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Charlie&#8217;s fur has been left to grow! He seems quite comfortable in cooler air, and we lift him up onto a bench at night to get him off the floor and higher in the van (hot air rising). He also has a sleeping bag Ju made for him, but we almost always find he&#8217;s crawled out of it in the morning!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19513\" src=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09469-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DSC09469\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09469-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09469-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09469.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09469-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/ourtourmedia.s3.eu-central-003.backblazeb2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC09469-70x53.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cheers! 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