29.5 BHDS winterize technique

[tim665214]

I live in N.E. Texas, so while we do not have brutal cold weather, we do get below freezing. Here is a quick way that I have found to quickly winterize. Since we will use our 5th wheel during the winter, I will probably be doing this several times this winter. Let me know if this is adequate.

1. Drain the FW holding tank.
2. Drain and bypass the Hot water tank.
3. Blow out the black tank flush lines.
4. Using the prmitive fill line, run antifreeze through all faucets until I see pink.
5. Pour some antifreeze in all p-traps, and comode.
6. Drain the grey water tanks to get rid of water that just got dumped in there.

Will this work? This bypasses the steps I did last year which was blowing out all of the lines with air, before adding antifreeze. Also, if I make sure there is pink stuff in all of the lines, do I have to mess with opening the low point valves, since they are in a difficult location? I keep my 5th wheel plugged in all of the time, so the batteries are always topped off.

[TxLoser]

Sounds good to me. I'm in the DFW area so I have a similar "winter".

For three years, this has worked after any trip prior to putting it in storage...

Empty the grey

Empty black, but throw a gallon or two back in with a blue tab

Empty hot water heater and switch the bypass valves.

Drain the fresh and open the low points.

Compressed air through all the lines. First those low points, and then work my way through all the other fixtures with the low points closed.

Lastly, some pink stuff down each drain and a little in the toilet for good measure.

If it'll sit more than a few weeks, I bring the battery home with me too. Not an issue for you though.

This year I did have extra pink stuff, so I sucked it through. I don't think it was necessary though after blowing out the lines. Really just wanted to try it out.