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Old 07-28-2022, 09:10 PM   #1
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preventing freezing during storage

We live in Denver, and we recently rented an enclosed but uninsulated garage for our redhawk. Last year it was winterized and parked outdoors. Do we need to winterize it this year, or can we just put a small electric heater underneath?
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If it was ours, I'd winterize it. It'll get to freezing and below inside the garage too. For the price of a few gallons of RV antifreeze and your time, it's good insurance to prevent any damage.
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Old 07-28-2022, 09:41 PM   #3
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I agree with JFlightRisk

Also, I go above and beyond in winterizing. If it calls for 2 gallons of RV antifreeze, I use 4. Cheap insurance because repairs can be costly.
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I agree with other posts, put antifreeze in it. Running a electric heater will likely cost far more than a few gallons of anti freeze. With running a heater there is even if remote, a risk of starting a fire, and if a storm knocks out power it may freeze regardless.
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I agree with JFlightRisk

Also, I go above and beyond in winterizing. If it calls for 2 gallons of RV antifreeze, I use 4. Cheap insurance because repairs can be costly.
If it only takes two gallons what do you do with the other two?
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If it only takes two gallons what do you do with the other two?
I have seen family and friends have freeze damage even though they used the correct amount of antifreeze for their rig. I just use more than needed just to be absolutely sure its done to my satisfaction. I usually buy a case of 4 gallons anyway to get a discount. Any that is left over goes into the sink/shower traps.
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If it only takes two gallons what do you do with the other two?
I was wondering the same thing.
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Like the others, definitely winterize it.
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I have seen family and friends have freeze damage even though they used the correct amount of antifreeze for their rig.
There is no "correct amount". If using antifreeze, the only positive way without using too much or too little is to visually see pink running out of every spot it can. Kitchen sink, bath toilet, shower and sink, outside shower, outside kitchen and any other water outlets. Then the sink traps. And water heater bypass. Some blow the lines out with air, I prefer to use both. -20 and -30 deg F is common up here in the winter.
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Some blow the lines out with air, I prefer to use both. -20 and -30 deg F is common up here in the winter.

A co worker told me he never uses anti freeze and only blows out the water lines. I will not take that chance, mine get blown out first AND anti freeze.
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In Denver I'd prob winterize. Down in GA I have mine in an uninsulated barn and I'm seeing ~ 10 degrees warmer that outside. When it gets below 32 I have an outlet regulated by temp (turns on when above or below a temp) with a heat lamp, sometimes two, that are pointed at the water pipes/tanks. They don't do much in my opinion. If it was going to stay below 20 for 6hrs+ I'd just go winterize. $10 on antifreeze is much better than $50+ fixing a leak in a corner that you have to rip out stuff to get to.
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The Conifer/Evergreen/Lakewood suburbs of Denver, mainstream recommendation is anti-freeze.
Our '94 Holiday Rambler was only blown free of water, all faucets left open, the water heater drained, and I remove the water pump. 26 years trouble-free. Our new White Hawk was done the same way one season no trouble. It all depends on low points in the system and if they get cleared.
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...... It all depends on low points in the system and if they get cleared.

I blow mine out with air AND I use antifreeze. It doesn't take long to do, and it doesn't cost much.

I know that if I only used air, with my luck there would be a fitting at a low point in a line somewhere, in a place I can't get to, that water will collect in. It will freeze and break. And my camper would then be sitting at a repair facility for half the following year waiting for someone to do a half-assed job fixing it, meanwhile causing damage to something else....
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Being in Cheyenne, I know how Denver weather can be. I wouldn't hesitate, as others have stated, winterizing the RV. Cost is cheap compared to what it would cost to repair a pile of frozen and broke plumbing!
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