Alternatives to winterizing?

[Kenwerner]

Originally Posted by lrsses

Drain your water heater,fresh water tank other tanks blow all the water out of your lines add antifreeze to the traps 30 minutes done

How do you bypass the water pump to blow out the lines?

[153stars]

You use a male garden hose to male air hose quick connect at about 50 psi to city fitting. You can open lines pump to make sure its empty blow it back too, blow out pump . Do you have washing machine it needs pink through pump too.Don't forget any water filter housings and pump strainer bowl if equipped.Any ice maker needs a little special plan of attack.
I haven't used as part of winterizing but have great luck sucking water out of pipes with a shop vac before soldering. I think on a low point after blowing out would add a bit of insurance. They have lots of CFM .
I blew out TT a few times. I will always use pink in new to me MH it has an Aquahot so there's that. I had hidden valve closed to stand alone icemaker . I blew it back to line disconnected from valves manifold . I'm not worried about it now . I'm not going to pump any pink to its line.

[Rickinnocal]

Originally Posted by ascdds

We will soon spend our first winter owning a motorhome.

During a cold snap, overnight winter temperatures here can sometimes drop into the low 40's, so I tend not to bother😁

Richard

[wotrboi]

Looks like an old thread that has been revived recently but still relevant.
Similar situation to the OP. Cold weather coming, 18F predicted for tomorrow night. More travels planned so really don't want to winterize then flush it out again.
Wife's not interested in living out of bottles or buckets. I'd just winterize then rent hotel rooms.
My Dutch Star has basement heat that automatically comes on at 40F if the Oasis is active. I set the inside thermostats at 50F. The furnaces also work from the fuel burning Oasis. I have a 15 amp electrical supply that will maintain battery charge and run the blowers. The AGS is set to maintain battery charge if the 15 amp circuit is interrupted. Fuel tank is full. Turned off the valve to the hot water line to the generator area and opened the drain.
Pretty much set up like I was boondocking in cold weather. Hope I haven't overlooked anything!
Only real cost will be fuel burned by the Oasis. Will be interesting to see how much fuel is used.
Harry

[maf92]

$10 of antifreeze or blowing out every few weeks will be the best sense of security...

[TheWoodBoss]

I just came back from the mountains of NC. We had 20 degree nights. I filled the propane tank before we left and we used our propane furnace for heat. No problems. Space heaters inside your living area will keep your propane furnace from coming on and providing the much needed heat to the basement, so unless you have extra heat down there I would run the the propane heat on 50 inside the cabin. We are going to have some 20 degree nights here at home so I'll just have the propane heat on overnight the next couple days. My coach is parked right by my garage and I have a 20 amp line hooked up, I'll run the hot water heater on AC as well. I use my rig every weekend boondocking on my hunting land or going to a campground in between hunts. So far so good but have not been below 20F yet. If it gets much colder I'll blow out the lines and add some antifreeze to the traps. I don't have an icemaker so no issue there.