Short cut winterizing

Toilet? Shower? Outdoor shower? Put some anti freeze in the traps? Water filter ?

There will be water in the lines.

I'd go and get an air compressor (I used 30PSI) and a blowout plug, then go valve by valve (including the toilet and shower) to get the water out... at the minimum.

Do this at your own risk, but I used a pump to get vodka into my city water connection, which I ran through all faucets... then blew out the lines with compressed air. My rig withstood the worst winter in Texas since 1997 pretty well.

Hi,

I would also suggest blowing out the lines with a compressor. If you would rather, then put a electric heater under the sink, and that will keep most of the lines above 32, afterall they are inside the RV.

If you have tanks enclosed within the basement, like my Bounder motorhome, then you should be fine, even without the heater, because the RV normally stays warmer than the outside temp.

Fred.

The amount of time below 32 degrees is the important thing. If it drops to below during the night, but rises well above during the day, all will be well. If it drops below 32 and stays below for several days and nights, you need to take measures as suggested above. Good luck with whatever you do.

When you blow out the lines, do it to all of them.
We lost a shower head this year to a 36 hour freeze. We had blown out the shower line, but assumed the shower wand itself, lying in the tub, was empty.

Any time the temperature drops for a night or two I leave the furnace set somewhere around 45-50, expecially if I can reach a 110 cord from the house to the camper, and have never had any trouble. Would be about the same as camping in 24-30 degree weather at night.

I have the same forecast here, except the low is supposed to be 21.
I am going to pump the pink stuff through. It only takes a little over a gallon and ten minutes of time
I never use an air compressor . It is a waste of time

Jack L

I de-winterized mine last week, its supposed to get down to 24 Tuesday night. I'm not going to winterize again because it's getting near 50 the next day. I think it would have to be below 32 for an extended time (days) to freeze up. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

I got caught a couple of times were I needed to re winterize.

yes it makes a difference if it is going to be 32 or below for SEVERAL hours or days. In Florida and most of the south it usually is only a couple of hours right before dawn. But for me it's not worth the chance of having to replace any of those dang small plastic water hoses that break in an RV.

I just buy a couple of bottles of pink stuff and pour it into the fresh tank and run the water pump open all faucets till they run pink. A couple of bucks for insurance is worth it to me.

Rosscoe40 wrote:
I de-winterized mine last week, its supposed to get down to 24 Tuesday night. I'm not going to winterize again because it's getting near 50 the next day. I think it would have to be below 32 for an extended time (days) to freeze up. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

X 2 right on...