This may help some folks make up their mind. We purchased our first MH 1 year ago and have made just about all the mistakes a newbie can make. But one thing we got right was deciding to use air to winterize instead of the pink stuff.Without any experience in these things and only following the advice of people on this forum we have successfully winterized our 2014 Pleasure Way twice this winter with air pressure.The important one was the second one coming back from 2 weeks in Florida in Feb. In the fall, not knowing what I was doing, I took great care and blew out each line several times. But coming home, on the side of the road in less than ideal conditions, I did not do as good a job.Just put water in it and checked everything. Good to go!The lines were still spraying wet air when I decided it was good enough. It is clear you do not have to get every drop. And you don't have to have a professional compressor either. The inflator in the trunk of your car IS NOT good enough but a $100 home unit from Sears is.It was easy and I strongly recommend this to anyone who wants their coffee to taste right in the morning.

It is still a good idea to put some antifreeze into the sink traps though. I have used both methods, the antifreeze should be all out and no taste if you are sanitizing before first use in the spring anyway.

I can winterize in about 20 mins with 2 gals of pink. Bypass and drain the WH, drain the FW tank, connect bypass hose to pump to draw pink from the bottle, turn on the faucets and pour the rest in the traps.

Yes I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say I don't use any pink, I always put some in the traps and the gray/black tanks. I'm only referring to the lines and suggesting that there is no need to deal with the taste I've hear so much about.

My brother in law (in Georgia) use the air pressure method also in a toyhauler he had. One year he said he though the got all the water out, but had an expensive repair that spring. For what it's worth, here in North Carolina, CW (at least ours) will not just blow the lines out. They also pump pink stuff through the lines. That is the only way they will guarantee it. One could go 100 years without issue or they could go 1 year and have a problem. It's up to each individual owner tio decide how they will do it and then accept the responsibility. I know that when I have gone cheap on things, it ended up costing me more in the long run.

After one winter when the pink stuff was defective and turned into a globby gelatin like muck in my water lines, I quit using it and just blow everything out now. I have not had any problem doing it that way and I don't have to put up with the foamy water issue that always seems to follow using that stuff. I do put some AF in all the traps though.

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ScottG
Nomad
Apr 09, 2015
After one winter when the pink stuff was defective and turned into a globby gelatin like muck in my water lines, I quit using it and just blow everything out now. I have not had any problem doing it that way and I don't have to put up with the foamy water issue that always seems to follow using that stuff.
I do put some AF in all the traps though.
wbwood
Explorer
Apr 09, 2015
My brother in law (in Georgia) use the air pressure method also in a toyhauler he had. One year he said he though the got all the water out, but had an expensive repair that spring. For what it's worth, here in North Carolina, CW (at least ours) will not just blow the lines out. They also pump pink stuff through the lines. That is the only way they will guarantee it.

One could go 100 years without issue or they could go 1 year and have a problem. It's up to each individual owner tio decide how they will do it and then accept the responsibility. I know that when I have gone cheap on things, it ended up costing me more in the long run.
rvit
Explorer
Apr 09, 2015
Yes I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say I don't use any pink, I always put some in the traps and the gray/black tanks. I'm only referring to the lines and suggesting that there is no need to deal with the taste I've hear so much about.
BurbMan
Explorer II
Apr 09, 2015
I can winterize in about 20 mins with 2 gals of pink. Bypass and drain the WH, drain the FW tank, connect bypass hose to pump to draw pink from the bottle, turn on the faucets and pour the rest in the traps.
Scooter86
Explorer
Apr 09, 2015
It is still a good idea to put some antifreeze into the sink traps though. I have used both methods, the antifreeze should be all out and no taste if you are sanitizing before first use in the spring anyway.

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