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JL81
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Oct 31, 2014

HELP! FIRST TIME WINTERIZING! ALSO NEED OTHER ADVICE!

Hi! We bought a 2002 Salem by Forest River 27' bunkhouse camper last fall from my childhood neighbors. They had it winterized (antifreeze done) before we bought it. We did not use the water AT ALL thi...
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tenbear
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Nov 06, 2014
You don't need antifreeze in the lines, all you need is to get rid of the water. Since you did not ever use the water system there is no water in there to displace with antifreeze so even if the antifreeze evaporated, there is no water to freeze in the pipes. Assuming that no one put any water in the drains, you don't have to do anything.

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