Winterizing my bath and a half

[RJL1]

This will be the first season winterizing our 2010 Damon Challenger 368 with a bath and a half. We don't have an ice maker. My old unit, a 99 Georgie boy Pursuit I would just blow out the lines with my compressor and didn't add anti freeze to the system and never had a problem. I was thinking I would do the same procedure with this unit because we plan on driving to Florida in January or February. Are there issues associated with the added bath that we didn't have with the Georgie Boy? Also, I'm somewhat certain the basement is heated to a degree. I was thinking I could just blow out the lines and keep the heat on 50 degrees or so.

Thoughts?

Thanks

Bob

[mel s]

Originally Posted by RJL1

This will be the first season winterizing our 2010 Damon Challenger 368 with a bath and a half. We don't have an ice maker. My old unit, a 99 Georgie boy Pursuit I would just blow out the lines with my compressor and didn't add anti freeze to the system and never had a problem. I was thinking I would do the same procedure with this unit because we plan on driving to Florida in January or February. Are there issues associated with the added bath that we didn't have with the Georgie Boy? Also, I'm somewhat certain the basement is heated to a degree. I was thinking I could just blow out the lines and keep the heat on 50 degrees or so.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Bob

RJL1
My coach has seen storage temps as low as -25 F and I only "gravity drain" everything in the fresh water system..
NO "blowing out", NO heat and NO antifreeze, (except in the P-traps and a little in the waste tanks).

BTW, if/when I am using my coach with "the heat on" and "nothing drained/winterized" nothing has ever frozen.....even in OS temps as low as 5 degrees F.

Mel
'96 Safari

[Mac99]

I'd go for the antifreeze. I've seen units that not every
plumbing run was flat or pitched correctly to enable the
low point drain to drain out all the water. IMHO, the
20 bucks worth of antifreeze is a cheap insurance policy.

[mel s]

Originally Posted by macandphyl

I'd go for the antifreeze. I've seen units that not every plumbing run was flat or pitched correctly to enable the
low point drain to drain out all the water. IMHO, the
20 bucks worth of antifreeze is a cheap insurance policy.

That's $460 I've saved...(so far).