Winterizing ?
So I am in the middle of repairing some water damage from a TT that I purchased about a month ago. I live in the panhandle of Florida so it gets chilly but not really freezing I would say. I had to dr...
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MandKJohns wrote:DutchmenSport wrote:
You don't want to put RV antifreeze (pink stuff) in your camper water heater. It's too time consuming and takes too much water to flush it out when you get ready to use it. If the tank is empty now, and you are not going to use it till weather gets warmer, leave it empty. Put the anode rod, or the plug back in. Hook it up and forget it.
Do I need to run the pink stuff thru my water lines? Or can I just empty them all as well and leave it all alone until spring?
Thanks for your response.
I suppose that depends upon how cold it gets where you are at. We were at Falling Waters State Park over Christmas 3 years ago, and the temps were in the 40 and low 50's. Next year we were at Panama City over Christmas (Florida Caverns and St. Andrews another year) and Port St Joe one year over Christmas week too. Temps never got below the middle 40's. We were unwinterized and water in the camper. Now if you're expecting near 32 degree temps over night but warm up in the day time, blowing your lines should be fine. No need to "pink up".
One thing you can do is open all your faucets. This way, any water (moisture) in the faucets has plenty of room to expand, won't hurt anything, no chance of cracking.
If your temps get below 32 for a prolonged period of time, you may want to "pink up". But really, I don't think that's necessary considering where you are located.
