low point drains ?

[rondeb]

I just was reading a post that they drained their low point drains. We have done this in the past, but this is the first year we winterized the new Sightseer ourselves. Does anyone know if the 2012 Sightseer 33C have low point drains and where they are if they exist. I'm glad I read that thread as I had completely forgot about them since we haven't winterized the RV ourselves in about 4 years. Thanks everyone

[Grey_Mountain]

In the "learn something new everyday" area:
I have low point drains in the compartment with the fresh water connections. After owing this coach for four years, I found two more low point drains on the other side of the coach. Surprise to me! We had a combo washer/dryer in the coach, but took it out and put a small freezer in there instead.

As to winterizing, I have used just air in the past, but now, I blow the lines out with air, put pink stuff in, then blow them out again. That makes it much easier when we prep the coach for the next trip after winter breakup.

GM

[rondeb]

I emailed Winnebago and they replied that there are NO Low Point Drains for anyone else that might need the information

[Raymon]

I think if you can locate the low point drain(s), all you would have to do is open the drain(s) until a stream of the pink antifreeze comes out of the drain. If you do not open the low point drains, there may be water trapped just above the drain valve. This water may freeze and cause the piping to rupture. I am not sure whether or not the antifreeze will mix with the trapped water if the drain valves are not opened. To be safe, I would open the drains as I have suggested. Wish you the best.

Ray

Ray

[rondeb]

tatest wrote:
Should be a Sightseer Owner's Manual in the black bag. While it may cover all models, there will be diagrams of drain locations for each model. Or you can download the plumbing diagrams from Winnebago's service website, though those may be more schematic.

I drain, then pump pink stuff out through each fixture, each valve, to displace the water. You can do this fairly well with compressed air, but I find doing that takes me much more time.

We already ran all the pink stuff through the lines. I just just curious about low drain points as our travel tailer and class C did have them. There was nothing in th owners manual but I am going to check on line. Good idea.

[rondeb]

Water-Bug wrote:
Low point drains DO NOT completely drain the system. They drain the pipeing to the lowest point, but DO NOT drain the fixtures and devices. Unless you blow air or flush RV antifreeze through the system, you are going to have problems.

We already ran the pink stuff through all the RV. I was just wondering if there were low point drains.

[tatest]

Should be a Sightseer Owner's Manual in the black bag. While it may cover all models, there will be diagrams of drain locations for each model. Or you can download the plumbing diagrams from Winnebago's service website, though those may be more schematic.

I drain, then pump pink stuff out through each fixture, each valve, to displace the water. You can do this fairly well with compressed air, but I find doing that takes me much more time.

[Water-Bug]

Low point drains DO NOT completely drain the system. They drain the pipeing to the lowest point, but DO NOT drain the fixtures and devices. Unless you blow air or flush RV antifreeze through the system, you are going to have problems.