RustyJC wrote:
If you're going to be traveling in temperatures below freezing, either (1) winterize the 5th wheel with RV anti-freeze (food grade propylene glycol), (2) blow out all the water lines with air and pour RV anti-freeze in the p-traps, or (3) plan on running the furnace while traveling to keep the interior and basement above freezing. Be sure your propane tanks are full before leaving. If you're going to be carrying anything in the holding tanks, be sure your tank heaters are turned on. All the above assumes that you will have 12VDC feeding your rig through pin #4 of your tow vehicle's 7-pin Pollak connector to keep the coach batteries from discharging.
Rusty
I assume that you have winterize feature on that new rig? Buy a couple of gallons of RV antifreeze at Walmart . Remove anode from Water heater after relieving pressure and drain Switch to water heater bypass.Then Someone holds the gallon bottle near the winterize fitting with the piece of plastic hose in it. Turn the coach water pump on and someone opens faucets one at a time until pink comes out. Flush toilet til pink . Run shower,open low point drains. Do this one at a time until pink. There is no need to blow with air. the pink stuff pushes all water out ahead of it or dilutes with it sufficiently to prevent freezing. Works for me in Minnesota at -40.
