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Desert Captain wrote:
Phil, if memory serves the LP tank is 51# which is 13 gallons mas y menos. I've never gotten more than about 9 gallons in it at a fill. Usually fill it twice a year.

I will be winterizing the coach this week as we will be out of town over the Christmas holidays without the coach. Most years winterizing consists of just restocking the bar but this year is looking to be a tad bit cooler.

I'll just gravity drain the water lines, leave the valves open and drive around for 20 minutes which empties the water lines pretty well. Then I just add a quart of the pink antifreeze to the grey and black tanks and put a couple of cups down each of the drains {two sinks and the shower}.

I've used this method off and on for years and never had any issues. We'll likely see temps in the mid-twenties but that is usually only for an hour or two predawn. Any low predicted below 25 will require a little more work but not much. I sure love living in southern Arizona.

:B

Boy ... what little bit you do to winterize even sure seems like a lot for Southern Arizona!

For 12 years now when storing our Class C here at home in central CA at ~1800 ft. altitude, I've done about nothing to winterize it per se. I just keep the covered vents open for ventilation and keep a small electric heater on 24/7 set to around 55 degrees - both of these things are to keep any mold from forming in the interior. Of course the rig is plugged in so that the converter can keep the coach batteries topped up and I have a small battery maintainer plugged (powered through the coach) into the an always-hot 12V dash receptacle in order to keep the chassis battery topped up.

I keep the water, gas, and propane tanks near full all the time just in case the big one should hit - either from a bad Mother Nature or some bad politics. :B

I sure love living along the moderate coast in Central CA and for a break RV'ing out to Southern Arizona for a bit every January.