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03-21-2019, 02:32 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 45
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Winterizing Class C MotorHome
Looking for rvers experience on winterizing a motorhome or rv. Which is better, using RV antifreeze or blowing out your system with air?
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03-21-2019, 02:35 PM
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Kanadian Kamper
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Southern Ontario
Posts: 8,185
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This battle has gone on since RVs were invented.
Do whatever suits you. There’s no right or wrong.
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2018 Sunseeker 2430S-CD, nicely modified and carried by a 2017 Ford E450 Sport
Former Georgetown 330TS owner for 10 years with more mods than I can count, pushed by our 2017 GMC Terrain
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03-21-2019, 02:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Posts: 9,230
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I blow mine out 3 times till there is no mist and,put RV antifreeze in the traps and enough to cover both gates. Put the water filter in a bag in the home reefer. This way since 2012.
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03-22-2019, 09:18 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Northen IL
Posts: 8,336
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You might as well ask: "which is better Coke or Pepsi?" There is no right answer.
Some do one, some do the other, some do both.
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03-22-2019, 09:25 AM
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Kanadian Kamper
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Southern Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwritecode
You might as well ask: "which is better Coke or Pepsi?" There is no right answer.
Some do one, some do the other, some do both.
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I understood you the first time.
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Ken and Terry
2018 Sunseeker 2430S-CD, nicely modified and carried by a 2017 Ford E450 Sport
Former Georgetown 330TS owner for 10 years with more mods than I can count, pushed by our 2017 GMC Terrain
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03-22-2019, 02:10 PM
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Ham Call N8SAC
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Wayne County
Posts: 175
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Why would blowing out with air be an option. When it takes 10 minutes and less than $10 to winterize with Anti- freeze . Tried one year with air . Cost me $350 to have piping fixed . Have been camping for over 50 years I learned the hard way.
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03-22-2019, 08:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 9,622
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And a desirable side effect...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxwell D Pratt
Why would blowing out with air be an option. When it takes 10 minutes and less than $10 to winterize with Anti- freeze . Tried one year with air . Cost me $350 to have piping fixed . Have been camping for over 50 years I learned the hard way.
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And a desirable side effect of winterizing with antifreeze is that it fills the traps.
Larry
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03-22-2019, 11:11 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
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We live in Western Washington, a block from Puget Sound, so it rarely gets very cold, for an extended time. So I just drain the tanks, blow out the lines and put antifreeze in the toilet/p-traps.
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2016 PrimeTime TracerAIR 255, pushing a 2014 Ford F150 SCREW XTR 4x4 3.5 Ecoboost w/Max Tow Package
4pt Equal-i-zer WDH and 1828lbs of payload capacity
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03-23-2019, 06:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 45
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Thanks for the info. I've winterized for years using RV antifreeze without any issues till this year. Just got ready to un-winterize my rig and found the water filter canister cracked and came off. No one ever suggested winterizing and then removing the water filter canister for the winter. Must have been a bead of water on the canister threads when I screwed it back on and it cracked during the winter freeze and fell off. Learn something new all the time.
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03-23-2019, 07:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Mount Laurel, New Jersey
Posts: 9,230
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Had that happen to me once. Dry both threads real good now!
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2012 SunSeeker 3100SS Toad-1962 Futura Average 100 + days camping
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03-23-2019, 08:04 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 1,740
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I I also empty the canister into the toilet when done, so any expansion into it will not cause damage.
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03-24-2019, 09:01 AM
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Ham Call N8SAC
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Wayne County
Posts: 175
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My filter was frozen and damaged that way when I got my camper . The guy that had it before me blew it out with air. After ordering a new filter Carthage case . I got tried of moping up under filter in cabinet . And bypassing To winterize renoved all of the filter on inside and use an external filter, much cheaper and a whole lot less trouble. I have a whole filter assembly if some one would want to pay shipping would give it to them .
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