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BradW
Explorer II
Jan 04, 2014

Going down to 4 above on Monday

Even though our camper is winterized; when it gets that cold around here, I plug it up and run the propane heat on low. I always have a fear that somewhere in the water system there is a section which did not get a full dose of fully concentrated rv antifreeze. Maybe I'm just paranoid.

Brad
  • Why do you guys live where it's so cold? I've always wanted to say that!
  • BBBrrrrr!!!! That's cold Brad!! It's 50 here right now and dry as a bone after 2 snows and freezing down into the teens a few weeks ago. I actually UNwinterized the camper on December 28th (and the irrigation lines in the yard so I could fill up the water tank)and took a short 3 day trip up the coast for New Years. REwinterized the irrigation lines and the camper and tucked it away for the winter.... again..

    Dak
  • I understand the worries, first year I had the TC I only ran pink stuff through it trying to chase the water out with the pink stuff. Didn't feel good about it when it got real cold. Now I do both rigs by:

    Blow lines to clear out as much water as possible
    Run pink stuff through
    Blow lines again blowing pink stuff into traps/tanks
    Sleep real good with no worries.

    It reduced the pink stuff usage as I was having to run lots through to ensure it wasn't diluted and it makes getting it all out in the spring pretty easy. Just flush, then blow the water out and flush again, turn on the WH bypass and fill everything up, no taste or foam at all.

    Stay warm, heading down to single digits again here also.
    Dave
  • Even though i winterized our camper, and it is inside a pole bar, this coming May, i will be flushing out the lines, hoping i have no leaks. They are talking that it will be -18 degrees, and a high of -5 Monday.,Oh and an additional 4 to 6 inches of snow on top of our 15 inches we got new years eve.