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Old 10-19-2017, 10:08 PM   #1
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Winterize or not?

We are in the Washington State Coastal area where it rarely gets below 24-degrees. My plan is to drain all the water lines and tanks, disconnect the batteries, put anti-freeze in the p-traps. Leave furnace on to 50-degrees and continually plugged into shore power with all cupboard doors open. Disconnect water hose empty hot water tank and turn off.

Would that do it safely? Or do I want to pump anti freeze into all my lines and turn off heat?
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Old 10-19-2017, 10:13 PM   #2
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Remember to empty low point drains. They are exposed and freeze easily.

Outdoor showers need to be drained well, too.
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Are you planning on using it at all over the winter? If not how long will it be in storage? If it will be a while, it's way cheaper to buy antifreeze then the amount of propane you will run through keeping your furnace going through the winter....to give you an idea...on a late fall camping trip a couple years ago with daytime temps in the upper 30's and nightime lows in mid 20's and thermostat set at 68, we went through a 30lb propane tank in 4 days.
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Old 10-20-2017, 09:42 AM   #4
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Appreciate your thoughts. If I were not to come back to the RV say in three or four months I would do the anti freeze thing.
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Old 10-20-2017, 09:47 AM   #5
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Antifreeze is cheap and it only takes me about 20 min to fill my lines. I personally wouldn't take a chance over something so inexpensive and simple.
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IMHO, no. What if the furnace fails for one reason or another.
How much money would you have to spend on propane compared to a jug of plumbing AF and peace of mind. What about the water trapped inside the outside shower, toilet valve, bathroom shower, kitchen faucet, fresh water pump?
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Thanks again to all I have my answer
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Old 10-20-2017, 03:21 PM   #8
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We live on Camano Island and I simply blow out the lines and put antifreeze in the traps and the toilet and drain the WH.
We don't have hard freezes here.
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Great info. How much air pressure does it take and about how long to blow lines out?
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What do u use to supply air to blow out lines?
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I use my compressor and set it at 35 - 40 psi. Takes about 5 minutes to do my fifth wheel.

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I use my compressor and set it at 35 - 40 psi. Takes about 5 minutes to do my fifth wheel.

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What you may want to consider is if you have any amount of water in the toilet valve and it freezes, it will crack the valve. Other people have had theirs break when they have just used air and blew the lines out.
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Amazon , Walmart, and most rv dealers sell Airline fittings that connect to the fresh water inlet. Usually less that $10.
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Old 10-23-2017, 08:16 AM   #15
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You can not be guaranteed to get all the water out of everything by blowing them out. At those temps use antifreeze and just shut it down. Keeping heat even at 50 will not protect the water lines. It will be much less expensive and only a little more work to winterize with antifreeze 2-3 times than running heat.
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I would not run the propane furnace in order to keep the temp around 50degrees. We use a small space heater set low in a very safe area to keep the chill off.
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