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Originally Posted by HornedToad
I have never pumped anti freeze into my supply lines. My rountine is to open all the drains and faucets on the way home from my last trip to let gravity & motion drain the lines. Then I would hit it with some air to get the last bit of water out, pour anti freeze down all the traps and toilet and be done.
This cold front caught me off guard and I hadn't drained it on the way home. I went to storage at lunch to winterized using just the compressor to blow out the lines and it took forever, sputtering for at least 10 to 15 minutes.
Draining the lines on the drive home is worth the effort where the compressor only has to get the last bit.
We have tailgating this Saturday and a trip to McKittrick Canyon next week, so I'll probably have to "winterize" a few more times this year.
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Here in Alberta Canada, we get minus 25-30 Celcius and winterize with Plumbing / RV Anit-freeze from Home depot or walmart. Simple to do... Drain all fresh water out of tanks, don't forget black and grey tanks.
- turn on red hot water tank bypass valve
- drain HW tank
- switch white water valve over to winterize and put hose from Antifreeze bottle into line in port.
- go in RV and turn on each faucet starting furthest away ( toilet and washer lines as well) until runs pink. Both hot and cold sides. This will leave anti freeze in traps as well..
- run out side shower.
- open low point drains to ensure run pink, and close again.
- turn off water pump, and push little valve on city water port to ensure runs pink as well. ( if you forget to turn off pump get a pink shower from pressure)...
That's it... I do it in about 30-45 minutes, and it cost's about 15 dollars in antifreeze, so you can do it often if you want to use the trailer here and there. Just run water through lines with pump to clean them out as per normal from fresh tank when you want to camp. When done repeat procedure again when parking RV.