what size compressor to winterize
good morning everyone, I have a 38 foot prime time crusader and I have a pancake compressor. What size compressor do I need to winterize a 5ver this large if I were to blow out the lines and pour anti...
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No one way works for everyone but most seem to be happy with the way they are doing their RV.
Until we bought this one, I only drained and added pink stuff. This current 5er has more nooks and crannies so I decided to blow it out first. I first used my Porter Cable pancake compressor but it seemed that while I had plenty of pressure to start with, it couldn't maintain the volume and didn't have the ability to maintain 40-45 psig continuously for several minutes while I opened and closed valves and faucets. There is only so much that those little 6 gallon units can give. Soooooo out comes many feet of air hose and hooked up to my big shop compressor. It maintains both steady volume and pressure and pushes out an amazing amount of water the little pancake unit wouldn't move. I also open the washer lines (don't have a washer in the unit) and let it gravity drain for a while then blow those lines out as well. Don't forget any filters - they need to be removed. Then if you have a SeaLand toilet - that vacuum breaker needs to either be dry or have some pink stuff in it - the replacement valves, I found out, tend to get expensive.
Until we bought this one, I only drained and added pink stuff. This current 5er has more nooks and crannies so I decided to blow it out first. I first used my Porter Cable pancake compressor but it seemed that while I had plenty of pressure to start with, it couldn't maintain the volume and didn't have the ability to maintain 40-45 psig continuously for several minutes while I opened and closed valves and faucets. There is only so much that those little 6 gallon units can give. Soooooo out comes many feet of air hose and hooked up to my big shop compressor. It maintains both steady volume and pressure and pushes out an amazing amount of water the little pancake unit wouldn't move. I also open the washer lines (don't have a washer in the unit) and let it gravity drain for a while then blow those lines out as well. Don't forget any filters - they need to be removed. Then if you have a SeaLand toilet - that vacuum breaker needs to either be dry or have some pink stuff in it - the replacement valves, I found out, tend to get expensive.
