winterizing
I'd been living in my rig, but I got a place, and I've had to leave my RV parked on a friend's property many miles away. I've never winterized before because I lived in it.
I don't have electricity out there, or air pumps, or anything to blow water out of lines, and I don't have access to special equipment, tools, etc. It's just me, a disabled person, by myself, trying to leave my RV in a state in which it'll survive the winter. It's only western Oregon, so it isn't terribly cold, but it can be. Last year we had a couple nights in the teens, and almost two weeks during which it never rose above freezing, but normally it wouldn't drop lower than mid-20s.
I'm going to run RV antifreeze through everything, but I have no way to get ALL the water out of the fresh water tank, hot water tank, or even out of the black and grey water tanks. I can't move it, and there's always a bit of liquid left in the storage tanks. I've read that you have to get every bit of water out of the system, then replace it with antifreeze, but that makes no sense to me. If you get all the water out, you wouldn't NEED antifreeze, so what do I really need to do? How much should I pour into the fresh tank, holding tanks, etc., and how can I be sure I get enough in into the hot water tank? I'm on a fixed income, but Walmart carries an antifreeze for potable water that's only about $3.50/ gallon.
I don't have electricity out there, or air pumps, or anything to blow water out of lines, and I don't have access to special equipment, tools, etc. It's just me, a disabled person, by myself, trying to leave my RV in a state in which it'll survive the winter. It's only western Oregon, so it isn't terribly cold, but it can be. Last year we had a couple nights in the teens, and almost two weeks during which it never rose above freezing, but normally it wouldn't drop lower than mid-20s.
I'm going to run RV antifreeze through everything, but I have no way to get ALL the water out of the fresh water tank, hot water tank, or even out of the black and grey water tanks. I can't move it, and there's always a bit of liquid left in the storage tanks. I've read that you have to get every bit of water out of the system, then replace it with antifreeze, but that makes no sense to me. If you get all the water out, you wouldn't NEED antifreeze, so what do I really need to do? How much should I pour into the fresh tank, holding tanks, etc., and how can I be sure I get enough in into the hot water tank? I'm on a fixed income, but Walmart carries an antifreeze for potable water that's only about $3.50/ gallon.
