winterizing

Hello, I am new as well as this is my first camper and Have several plumbing questions regarding winterizing for the new camper I just bought: I searched some here but didn't see the exact question so feel free to move my questions to the best place. 1. where is the water heater bypass valves...

Hello all, My wife and I are leaving near 10/16 for a road trip to KY with our Mallard M28, but we're looking at below freezing temps the next three nights and possible snow tomorrow (10/9). Our Mallard hasn't been winterized yet due to the upcoming road trip, and the forecast is for...

Hi All, I have a Bighorn 3260 EL and just winterized the rig. Here is my question. I have a battery disconnect which I turned on (to disconnect). I store the RV in our yard. Can I run shore power to the rig now? I have been told it's OK, others have told me not to because it burns up the...

My DH and I are newbies to our Prowler travel trailer. It's never been on the road yet so it's never had any water in the tanks and the toilet/shower has never been used. Do we need to do all the normal winterizing with all the chemicals to store it for the next month in Michigan until we are on...

Hi all, OK, I'm in the military, full-timing in the Bighorn in the Southeast, and am looking to go back home (without the RV) for the holidays. Here's the problem. I'll only be gone for 5-8 days at a time, the weather will get below freezing (at night, at least, for a few hours), and I am...

no matter what TITLE I give this, it says it's too short. So I'll try here I guess. We store the Bighorn for the winter in freezing temps, should we remove the TV's for the season also?

<RANT ON> Wow... I've owned a LOT of travel trailers over the years. This is THE most counter-intuitive design engineering I've ever seen in winterizing a trailer in the past 15 years. Perhaps there are some that are worse... but I haven't seen one. Who-ever allowed this assembly process...

I have a 2010 305RW. It has the winterizing valve built into the RV. Since this is the first RV we have owned with that feature, I don't know what type of hose is needed for syphoning RV anti-freeze into the system. The RV did not come with a hose for that function and I don't recognize the...

If you are living in the rig and of course using the furnace.........are there any precautions that need to be taken to keep everything from freezing? I know to unhook the fresh water hose.......but doesn't the furnace keep all else from freezing? Thanks,

Does anyone know the best way to winterize the ice maker. I have turned the water off under the sink and was thinking of disconnecting the hose from there up to the ice maker and letting it drain. If I do that and then wipe clean the ice tray (where the cubes are made), is that sufficient or...

Does the 2009 Big Country 3250 TS have a low point water drain. I have drained the fresh water tank but find no other drain lines underneath! Thanks, Harvey

I have a 2010 Cyclone 3912. How do you add antifreeze for the pump to pick up and pump thru the system? Where is the water pump located and how do you access it? Thanks,

Winterizing: Is it really so simple? Do I understand this correctly? Drain all tanks, and fill with anti-freeze? Well, I guess not "fill", but pour anti-freeze down the sink and toilet enough to fill the P-traps, and drain from there? Thanks ahead of time. You guys are the best, and I...

I live in Minnesota and went to winterize the Sundance for the first time with the "Pink Stuff". I got both covers off and switched all the valves. I turned the pump on and went to the kitchen faucet and received nothing. I could hear the pump running and the sound of water running outside...

We winterized our BH yesterday but in the night I thought of the hookup for the clothes washer. We do not, have not and will not be using a clothes washer. We blew out the lines and then we did the antifreeze through the pump as always but we did not do anything with the hot or cold lines...

Hi There Just a quick question on winterizing a 2008 3795 Cyclone, hope i did it right,its the first time for me :confused: ) Drained water tanks fresh,black and grey and hot water. Turned the three valves to by pass hot water tank. Put anti-freeze in fresh water tank and pumped it thru sinks...

When it starts to get cooler in the fall I blow my water lines out with air just in case I don't back to it and we have a hard freeze. When we returned to properly winterize it I blew out the lines again and was surprised how much water still came out but the one thing that I was concerned...

Our neighborhood has become unfriendly in regard to storage of campers so I have to store my cyclone at work (indoors) but no land line power to keep the interior above freezing this winter. We will go out camping multiple times this winter and I do not want to have to have to winterize the...

I know this is a odd time to discuss winterizing, but after reading another flush system thread, it just crossed my mind. I carefully winterized our trailer this year, but still had one issue. I did not discover the issue until it was too late. I was flushing the tank (with the gate open) and...

When we got our 2008 BH it didn't have the quick valves on it, had the dealer install some. They put a cheap brand on and have since leaked past the valve and into the hot water heater. I have since gotten the swan valves and today am installing, of course the wall is to thick to install, so am...

I just attempted to pump the anti-freeze into the system in the following sequence: 0. Pump off 1. Emptied holding tanks 2. Emptied water heater (left anode out and pressure valve open) 3. Emptied potable water tank 4. Flipped both bypass levers to bypass 5. Insert winterizing hose in...

When the dealer went over the winterization procedures for my unit, they said the water inlet next to the "winterization valve" was used to winterize the fresh water. The instructions on the inside of the hatch say it's to flush the black water tank, which is correct. When you switch the lever...

Hi-Am winterizing my 2009 Bighorn 3400 re. Everything was about done when I thought about the city water connection. I went to rv winterizing class and they told us to press the little button inside the city water connection until antifreeze ran out. Well antifreeze came out, and now it wont...

Hey out there!!! Heartland has lost an opportunity to SHINE. My new 21FSB TT owners manual had NO directions for winterizing or where to find the valves. normally, it's a simple job on any rv to prepare for freezing weather. In my case, it required removing wood panels and guessing on valve...

I have drained the water heater using the drain faucet, would this drain all the water from the heater? or do i have to anything else?

We have the Landmark Augusta with the washer / dryer option. I cannot find any info on winterizing it and I am looking for ideas. Some questions I have include how to remove any water in the washer itself? When adding anti freeze for the winter do you run it into the washer and leave it? Is...

I know that it's a little early to be thinking about putting the rig away for the season, but I thought that I'd ask now so as to be prepared for the ritual in a couple of months. My last 3 TT's had low point water system drains under the rig, and were generally located either front to back or...

I began winterizing my '08 3210 this afternoon only to find I couldn't locate the valves for bypassing the waterheater, simple question- Can you help me find them? Thanks.