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Do you winterize your camper?
Posted by: tnchuck100 On: Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:34 am
Post subject: Do you winterize your camper?
Tell us what you do. Don't forget the water heater and the outside shower.
Posted by: Sledgehammer On: Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:51 pm
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Yes I winterize mine myself.
First I open the low level plugs and drain the lines as much as possible. I also drain all the storage tanks at the same time, including the water heater.
Then I orientate the water heater bypass to open, and pump about 2 gallons of RV antifreeze through my water lines. I open each hot and cold knob at each faucet until I get good pink color and cut it off. I start at the faucets closest to the pump and work away insuring I got 100% antifreeze at each faucet.
When I'm done with that I open the black and grey water tanks again just to drain any water that might have got in there during the winterizeation process. Sometimes I'll pour a gallon of RV antifreeze in the fresh water tank if they is still a bit of water left in there, but I usually just try to jack up one side to get the fresh water tank completely empty.
That's the high points of my winterizing process. I hear that using compress air to blow the lines out work well for my area, but I've used my same method since 2008 with no problems so I'll just stick to it....pink antifreeze is cheap.
Posted by: newbold1 On: Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:35 pm
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I winterize myself and it really takes only about 15 minutes. I open the low level drain lines and the storage tanks. I set the bypass on the water heater and then drain it. Then I run the antifreeze through the water lines opening every cold and every hot line until pink shows... including the outside shower. I also flush the toilet until pink is going in there as well. I have a double basin sink in the kitchen and make sure to get pink stuff into both drains. Don't know if I need to since I assume it's just one trap under there but I just go ahead and do it anyway.
I never blow out the lines with air. Antifreeze is all and make sure that my fresh tank is empty. That's it. I undo and redo this a lot during the cold months because I keep right on camping when I can. Haven't had any problems.
Posted by: Sledgehammer On: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:19 am
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Just had a thought....
Haven't winterized the jayco yet, but it has a check valve/back flow valve at the city water inlet. Our old trailer didnt. I'll probably blow the lines out with air first this time. Probably a waste of time for most of the water system, but with that check valve at the city water inlet on my fiver, I'd never get antifreeze in that section of line from the inlet to the system by using the pump.
Posted by: morningcoffee On: Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:11 am
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I winterized last year with rv antifreeze and plan to do so again this year. I must follow written instructions with illustrations in order to get it done correctly. This year I plan to get the attachment to flush my water heater before winterizing.
Posted by: Steve On: Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:09 am
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Quote: Sledgehammer wrote:
Just had a thought....
Haven't winterized the jayco yet, but it has a check valve/back flow valve at the city water inlet. Our old trailer didnt. I'll probably blow the lines out with air first this time. Probably a waste of time for most of the water system, but with that check valve at the city water inlet on my fiver, I'd never get antifreeze in that section of line from the inlet to the system by using the pump.
I use a pump from the city water inlet. It takes an xtra person to make it easy but that way I know that I have all the lines covered.
Posted by: Sledgehammer On: Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:50 pm
Post subject: Re: Do you winterize your camper?
Quote: Steve wrote:
Quote: Sledgehammer wrote:
Just had a thought....
Haven't winterized the jayco yet, but it has a check valve/back flow valve at the city water inlet. Our old trailer didnt. I'll probably blow the lines out with air first this time. Probably a waste of time for most of the water system, but with that check valve at the city water inlet on my fiver, I'd never get antifreeze in that section of line from the inlet to the system by using the pump.
I use a pump from the city water inlet. It takes an xtra person to make it easy but that way I know that I have all the lines covered.
Good idea, and I thought of going that route but dont have a pump.
Instead, the check valve is right behind the washer/screen on the city water inlet. During my distrubition process, i popped the screen out and pushed in on the check valve until I got the pink stuff.
Posted by: Sledgehammer On: Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:36 pm
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Well I'm getting pretty good at this winterizing stuff, done mine 3 times already this winter :lol: . When we got back from every trip since October, we say we're done till spring....then we get another wild hair to go somewhere else again....then I have it to do all over again. Considering on blowing out the pink stuff with my air compressor next time so I can reuse it again :lol: .
Do you winterize your camper?
Total votes : 12
No, I live in the south and it doesn't get cold enough 0% [ 0 ]
Yes, I put antifreeze in the water lines 67% [ 8 ]
Yes, I just open the low point drains and that's all 17% [ 2 ]
Yes, I have my dealer do it 0% [ 0 ]
No, I run an electric heater to keep it above freezing 17% [ 2 ]
No, I just don't worry about it and trust to my luck 0% [ 0 ]
Posted by: tnchuck100 On: Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:34 am
Post subject: Do you winterize your camper?
Tell us what you do. Don't forget the water heater and the outside shower.
Posted by: Sledgehammer On: Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:51 pm
Post subject: Re: Do you winterize your camper?
Yes I winterize mine myself.
First I open the low level plugs and drain the lines as much as possible. I also drain all the storage tanks at the same time, including the water heater.
Then I orientate the water heater bypass to open, and pump about 2 gallons of RV antifreeze through my water lines. I open each hot and cold knob at each faucet until I get good pink color and cut it off. I start at the faucets closest to the pump and work away insuring I got 100% antifreeze at each faucet.
When I'm done with that I open the black and grey water tanks again just to drain any water that might have got in there during the winterizeation process. Sometimes I'll pour a gallon of RV antifreeze in the fresh water tank if they is still a bit of water left in there, but I usually just try to jack up one side to get the fresh water tank completely empty.
That's the high points of my winterizing process. I hear that using compress air to blow the lines out work well for my area, but I've used my same method since 2008 with no problems so I'll just stick to it....pink antifreeze is cheap.
Posted by: newbold1 On: Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:35 pm
Post subject: Re: Do you winterize your camper?
I winterize myself and it really takes only about 15 minutes. I open the low level drain lines and the storage tanks. I set the bypass on the water heater and then drain it. Then I run the antifreeze through the water lines opening every cold and every hot line until pink shows... including the outside shower. I also flush the toilet until pink is going in there as well. I have a double basin sink in the kitchen and make sure to get pink stuff into both drains. Don't know if I need to since I assume it's just one trap under there but I just go ahead and do it anyway.
I never blow out the lines with air. Antifreeze is all and make sure that my fresh tank is empty. That's it. I undo and redo this a lot during the cold months because I keep right on camping when I can. Haven't had any problems.
Posted by: Sledgehammer On: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:19 am
Post subject: Re: Do you winterize your camper?
Just had a thought....
Haven't winterized the jayco yet, but it has a check valve/back flow valve at the city water inlet. Our old trailer didnt. I'll probably blow the lines out with air first this time. Probably a waste of time for most of the water system, but with that check valve at the city water inlet on my fiver, I'd never get antifreeze in that section of line from the inlet to the system by using the pump.
Posted by: morningcoffee On: Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:11 am
Post subject: Re: Do you winterize your camper?
I winterized last year with rv antifreeze and plan to do so again this year. I must follow written instructions with illustrations in order to get it done correctly. This year I plan to get the attachment to flush my water heater before winterizing.
Posted by: Steve On: Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:09 am
Post subject: Re: Do you winterize your camper?
Quote: Sledgehammer wrote:
Just had a thought....
Haven't winterized the jayco yet, but it has a check valve/back flow valve at the city water inlet. Our old trailer didnt. I'll probably blow the lines out with air first this time. Probably a waste of time for most of the water system, but with that check valve at the city water inlet on my fiver, I'd never get antifreeze in that section of line from the inlet to the system by using the pump.
I use a pump from the city water inlet. It takes an xtra person to make it easy but that way I know that I have all the lines covered.
Posted by: Sledgehammer On: Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:50 pm
Post subject: Re: Do you winterize your camper?
Quote: Steve wrote:
Quote: Sledgehammer wrote:
Just had a thought....
Haven't winterized the jayco yet, but it has a check valve/back flow valve at the city water inlet. Our old trailer didnt. I'll probably blow the lines out with air first this time. Probably a waste of time for most of the water system, but with that check valve at the city water inlet on my fiver, I'd never get antifreeze in that section of line from the inlet to the system by using the pump.
I use a pump from the city water inlet. It takes an xtra person to make it easy but that way I know that I have all the lines covered.
Good idea, and I thought of going that route but dont have a pump.
Instead, the check valve is right behind the washer/screen on the city water inlet. During my distrubition process, i popped the screen out and pushed in on the check valve until I got the pink stuff.
Posted by: Sledgehammer On: Fri Jan 02, 2015 8:36 pm
Post subject: Re: Do you winterize your camper?
Well I'm getting pretty good at this winterizing stuff, done mine 3 times already this winter :lol: . When we got back from every trip since October, we say we're done till spring....then we get another wild hair to go somewhere else again....then I have it to do all over again. Considering on blowing out the pink stuff with my air compressor next time so I can reuse it again :lol: .