Done for the year. Video: I winterized my AF.

trail-explorer wrote:

Reality Check wrote:
We leave the WH on all year.

I tried that one winter, it made a significant impact on my electric bill. I stopped doing it after a few months and decided to winterize the RV.

Propane... we don't switch over to electric, which you're correct, is expensive. Gas seems to be much more efficient and affordable.

Honest disclosure, we use the rig 30 plus nights a year, sometimes 45, nothing usually over 5 in a row, so our needs are a bit different.

Reality Check wrote:
We leave the WH on all year.

I tried that one winter, it made a significant impact on my electric bill. I stopped doing it after a few months and decided to winterize the RV.

ScottG wrote:
Looking at 5+ months of grey skies and rain.
I'd take 90 degrees any day!

5? I love your optimisim!
Give me 90deg or below freezing with a minimum of 6' of snow, but 38deg and wet can s uck my ____!

brholt wrote:
I don't winterize as we like to use the camper in winter. Here in Seattle we don't get a lot of nights below freezing

Oil filled electrical heater and a fan to blow air down to the tanks in the basement works for us. (I can use either the basement fan by turning it on at the thermostat or I add a small electric fan to the vent by the converter to such the air from the basement.)

This ^^^^^^

We leave the WH on all year. The warmth from that, plus a small heater in the unit set at min, keeps everything unfrozen. If we're heading into a deep freeze (no, it doesn't happen very often) I'll turn on the basement fan and let it run too.

I don't winterize as we like to use the camper in winter. Here in Seattle we don't get a lot of nights below freezing

Oil filled electrical heater and a fan to blow air down to the tanks in the basement works for us. (I can use either the basement fan by turning it on at the thermostat or I add a small electric fan to the vent by the converter to such the air from the basement.)

I just blow and go.. I don't use RV AF since I don't live in a region that stays below freezing for months on end..

I also use the low point drain to empty the hot water tank. Just open them up and open the pressure relief valve on the tank and it all empties out the low point drain.

I also have a built in fresh water filter on my new trailer, so I need to attend to that as well.. Blowing out the lines, blows out most of the water from the filter, so I just remove the filter part and put the canister part back on and continue with the blowing.

I just go around and open/close the faucets and run the pump until it's dry and all is good.

Just what works for me.. I know folks live in areas that freeze all winter, so the AF stuff makes sense..

Good luck!

Mitch

Looking at 5+ months of grey skies and rain.
I'd take 90 degrees any day!

Ahhh.. winter. Some of our favorite camping.

Couple of week ago;





Tonight:



Snow hits in a couple of months for us, and without a doubt, some of our best outings occur. Winterize? NOT.......!

I winterized mine about a month ago ... just in time. I prefer doing it before it is too chilly.

90° weather is the last place I would want to be tomorrow.
I love the fall, winter and spring.
I could easily go without summer.