Winterization
We have a new Itasca Navion and plan to use it off and on all winter. Over Thanksgiving and Christmas through mid January in FL and then TX in February. What kind of winterization should I plan for? ...
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Plan on re-winterizing every time you come back to Indiana from now through the first of March. Last year we went to Florida over Christmas week. I left the camper winterized until we hit Alabama. We took 3 days to drive down and 2 to drive back to Indiana. The first night down we stayed in a motel near the Kentucky-Tennessee border. The second night we stayed at a KOA in Alabama where I de-winterized. We planned this so we'd have full hook-ups and were out of the snow belt. When we got to the State Park in Florida on the 3rd day, we were all set.
Returning home, we completely re-winterized in Florida and about half way. We were back in the snow belt again. We got another motel, and finished the trip home the second day.
I use a combination of "pink" and "blow". My current camper has the black tank built in sprayer. I blow that. So yes, I took my air compressor with us. But the rest of the lines, I do pink RV antifreeze.
We're going to Florida again this year over Christmas and am repeating the same same process.
FYI, a friend of ours has a CLASS-C coach. He travels the various race car circuits. He travels out of Indiana all winter long, and he winterizes every time before returning home.
Remember... you want to re-winterize when your still in the warm climate, not after you've returned to the cold climate.
And, (personally) I prefer to use the pink antifreeze instead of blow only. I want to make sure ALL the water in the lines is 100% removed. Blowing still leaves droplets, and you still need to make absolutely sure your water pump is purged out (no water in it) if you blow only. Just a thought there to consider.
Returning home, we completely re-winterized in Florida and about half way. We were back in the snow belt again. We got another motel, and finished the trip home the second day.
I use a combination of "pink" and "blow". My current camper has the black tank built in sprayer. I blow that. So yes, I took my air compressor with us. But the rest of the lines, I do pink RV antifreeze.
We're going to Florida again this year over Christmas and am repeating the same same process.
FYI, a friend of ours has a CLASS-C coach. He travels the various race car circuits. He travels out of Indiana all winter long, and he winterizes every time before returning home.
Remember... you want to re-winterize when your still in the warm climate, not after you've returned to the cold climate.
And, (personally) I prefer to use the pink antifreeze instead of blow only. I want to make sure ALL the water in the lines is 100% removed. Blowing still leaves droplets, and you still need to make absolutely sure your water pump is purged out (no water in it) if you blow only. Just a thought there to consider.
