To Not Winterize in PA?
I am wondering if anyone has kept their rig heated through the winter in central PA. Right now I'm keeping mine heated, as I still need to dump my black tank once more. I think keeping it heated thr...
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Sorry GDEtrailer, but I just don't buy your claim on this one. I see zero evidence that RV antifreeze is diluted, incapable of doing exactly what it's designed to do, or greatly compromised by being additionally diluted while being introduced into the system.
By the time you properly gravity drain the system, prior to adding antifreeze, the vast majority of water has been evacuated. As for you claim that the stuff in your words "will freeze", or that you waste "a considerable amount" while protecting the system, my experience has been that neither concern is an issue. I know of one local dealership owner who uses multiple 55 gallon drums of the stuff on his inventory and only has issues when his help screws something up, like missing an outside shower, or bypass valves on a heater. After using it for the last fifteen years, typically more than once per year while head south for the holidays and back, I have never had a problem. I always use less than two gallons to do the job properly. Our RVs typically endure several nights a year with below zero temps. and do just fine. My personal risk tolerance makes me a bit leery of just blowing lines out, but you are literally the first person I ever heard of that claims that RV antifreeze is ineffective, or problematic.
By the time you properly gravity drain the system, prior to adding antifreeze, the vast majority of water has been evacuated. As for you claim that the stuff in your words "will freeze", or that you waste "a considerable amount" while protecting the system, my experience has been that neither concern is an issue. I know of one local dealership owner who uses multiple 55 gallon drums of the stuff on his inventory and only has issues when his help screws something up, like missing an outside shower, or bypass valves on a heater. After using it for the last fifteen years, typically more than once per year while head south for the holidays and back, I have never had a problem. I always use less than two gallons to do the job properly. Our RVs typically endure several nights a year with below zero temps. and do just fine. My personal risk tolerance makes me a bit leery of just blowing lines out, but you are literally the first person I ever heard of that claims that RV antifreeze is ineffective, or problematic.
