# How do you heat RV internal water tank?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-heat-rv-internal-water-tank/21861>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [November 4, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-heat-rv-internal-water-tank/21861 "2019-11-04T18:40:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-heat-rv-internal-water-tank/21861/1 "2019-11-04T18:40:08Z")

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Randomed an outdoors start, with fully functioning Luxury RV parked next to me, but my character is going to be dying of thirst before long, and I cant figure out any way to thaw the RV’s water tank. Do I need to wait for it to thaw before I can do anything with it?

Ugh. Its criminal that I’m about to die a slow death after a start like that.

Hmm, I guess I need a water faucet, odd that one doesn’t come installed… Also not sure if that would make frozen water tank use-able…

Hmm. I’m not allowed to use the stove to cauterize wounds either

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**Author:** ![snipercup](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/snipercup/32/6932_2.png) [@snipercup](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/snipercup)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-heat-rv-internal-water-tank/21861/2 "2019-11-04T19:28:29Z")

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I was wondering the same. Now I just create clean water from the frozen water to get it out.

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**Author:** ![Victor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@Victor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Victor)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-heat-rv-internal-water-tank/21861/3 "2019-11-05T06:53:36Z")

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There is a way to remove the tank from RV (by a hacksaw) and then heat up clean water on stove to defrost it. But character at start of the game probably doesn’t have a hacksaw and skill to use it.  
Adding hot water can defrost the water in tank, but you will need a hot clean water for that.

As I remember, there was an advice in this topic [Winter-proof vehicle tank](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/winter-proof-vehicle-tank/21592/5), to mount car heater near the tank.

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**Author:** ![dpwb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dpwb/32/2609_2.png) [@dpwb](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dpwb)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-heat-rv-internal-water-tank/21861/4 "2019-11-05T13:34:27Z")

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Currently liquid temps and item temps are behaving a bit strangely, related to an un-fixed bug in active item processing I think.

For example, I made clean water in my vehicle tank, three days later, its still hot.

And items are sometimes not rotting like they should.

> <https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/34316>
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> Take a frozen item from a minifreezer and it is not even cold by the time it is in your inventory.
> Steps...

> <https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/issues/32388>
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> Game version: Latest as of 14th July
> Operating system: Win10
> Tiles or curses: Tiles
> Mods active: Cataclysm DDA, Disable NPC Needs, Simplified Nutrition
> Expected behavior
> Water...

and others im sure

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**Author:** ![Litppunk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/litppunk/32/409_2.png) [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-do-you-heat-rv-internal-water-tank/21861/5 "2019-11-05T14:36:59Z")

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Ah, ok that makes a lot of sense. Thanks guys.

At some point I should learn how to do things like adding faucet to default spawn luxury RV and add it to PR. It makes no sense for a LUXURY RV to not have any spigots for its internal tank IRL there would be at least a sink, and an outside garden hose spigot along with a shower head, possibly both inside and out.