Low consumption water tank heater

[RVthere]

When you leave your van parked for longer periods of time in below freezing, how are you keeping your tanks from freezing? Is there a low power consumption heater of some sort that works with temp sensor that you set?

 

[Frost Bite Jack]

Have you considered those heating pads that stick to the side of your water tank? You plumb the electrical into a manual switch of some sort, but my father in law uses these in all his RV's and he has a Mercedes Sprinter that he installed these on as well. Actually the Mercedes I helped install, which was very easy. You simply stick the pads onto the tank, run one line to 12V ground and the hot through a switch. Didn't take long to set up at all.

 

[smritte]

Have you considered those heating pads that stick to the side of your water tank? You plumb the electrical into a manual switch of some sort, but my father in law uses these in all his RV's and he has a Mercedes Sprinter that he installed these on as well. Actually the Mercedes I helped install, which was very easy. You simply stick the pads onto the tank, run one line to 12V ground and the hot through a switch. Didn't take long to set up at all.

Their tank water heater pads.. Most of them have a built in thermal switch, self stick and come in diffrent sizes. I use one to keep the lithium battery in my trailer from being too cold. That would probably work well for him.

Great suggestion.

 

[RVthere]

Aweseome, thank you. Will check this out when I get back to my computer!