Winterizing (sort of) Question

[LVChris]

I live in Las Vegas, where winter rarely dips below 35 and we have a 2016 Jayco x213. Will be back and forth out of town so rather than worry about an overnight freeze I elected to simply do a quick winterizing of both the boat and TT.

On the x213 I drained the water heater and opened the low point drain. I used air compressor to clear lines and then added a bit of antifreeze into the p-traps. I think this will be fine for the slight chance we might get a hard freeze on some given night.

Question is when I was looking at how to clear the lines with air there was some confusing info about a "bypass" for the hot and cold? Seemed to me that I could simply put the <30lbs of air pressure through the lines and open each valve one at a time and get the water out. I also ran the water pump for a bit to make sure that was clear as well. Did I miss something or am I ok?


TIA,

[oldmanAZ]

The water heater bypass is used only when using antifreeze in the water lines. The bypass allows filling the water system, except the water heater, with antifreeze. Since you drained the water heater etc., you don't need to worry about using or changing the bypass valves.

You did miss draining the shower lines, inside and out, and the toilet?

[LVChris]

Thank you! That's what I thought but the guy in the video I watched flipped the bypass and was only using the air pressure method (no antifreeze) so that's why I was confused.

And I did forget to mention that I did drain the shower lines inside and out, and put some antifreeze in the bowl to keep it lubricated.


Thanks again!