How To Winterize Your Camper | Pete's RV Service Tips (CC)
RV Lifestyle Consultant Randy Murray provides expert instruction on how to winterize your RV water system for end-of-season storage.
Demonstrating on a Keystone Bullet Premier 19FBPR travel trailer, Randy takes viewers through all of the critical steps for properly winterizing your camper including: Tank Draining, Bypassing the Water Heater, Introducing RV Anti-Freeze to Lines, and Pressurizing the Water System.
Please remember that this is a basic RV winterization demonstration. All campers come equipped differently, so be sure to consult with your owner’s manual.
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Great tutorial! My fresh water tank never drains completely. Should I put antifreeze in there for insurance or will it be okay with 1 to 2 inches of standing water?
Thanks so much for a well done video with no nonsense or blah-blah-blah! It had everything we needed to know and didn't waste our time just talking. My time is important too so I appreciated that. Very direct and to the point as well as good video so we could pretty much see everything that you were showing. Will revisit again next year I am sure! Thanks again!
Should you put some antifreeze in the hot water tank to after you empty it?
Why can I not just put antifreeze in the clean water tank, and pump it through the whole system?
I watch this every year. Thank you!
Thanks Randy, great help.
I have been using this video to winterize my RV for 3 years straight. Thanks for the tutorial.
Thanks for the great video. It made the process super easy yet thorough.
Good video what about the low point drains do you not have to drain those ?
Great video, thank you!!!
Pete, great video. So how do we know that there isn't water left in the fresh water supply line coming from the holding tank to the pump? My pump is located about 8 feet from the FW tank. Is it set up to have gravity drain the water??
I just went through the process of all the antifreeze. Everything works great up to the point of the city water check. When I push the button only a little bit of water came out, no antifreeze came out. Am I protected or no?
This is kind of a dumb question, but if you've drained everything, why does water still come out when you are pumping antifreeze through the system? Every time he turned on a faucet, water came out first. Does the water need to be hooked up during winterizing?
First time winterizing our RV. Thank you for sharing your knowledge for us beginners.
so after winter I am assuming we just flush system til the pink is gone?
The Jesse James of rv's
Thank you for the straight forward explanation. I'll be ordering my hoses from you. Kudos.
Randy your super awesome, best RV winterizing instructional video I've seen. For my SHURflo water pump, I picked up a 1/2 female elbow P/N UC532LFA from Home Depot, connected it to some vinyl tubing, and it worked great, it took almost the 2 gal of antifreeze, the rest I just poured down the traps.
Great help …thank you
Thanks Randy! Very thorough.
great vid
Great tips. Thank you.
Thanks Randy Awesome
Should low point drains be opened first?
Thanks again for great info always, Randy. I know how to winterize my RV, but I watch this every fall before undergoing the process- just as a reminder.
This is a great video for DIY. Thanks for the great instruction!
thanks for the video man, coming from a tent camp set up this really helps !
what happens to the water in antifreeze that goes through the system and down the drain do you need to empty all that out as part of the winterization or should it be draining as you doing
Great video, Thanks!
Great video guys, really well done and professional.
Just curious, you first drained all the water out of the RV, so why do I see clear water coming out of the faucet just before you see the anti-freeze? Where is this water coming from?
where is randy no new videos from him in months
Hi can i just emty My watertank or will it still damage my tank ???
I have a question. Once you have empties the water heater and replaced the anode rod, do you turn the water heater ignition system back "On" or should it remain in the 'Off" position until the next time the unit is used? Really great video!
Thanks Randy, well done.
Is there anything special for the waste water tanks other than emptying and a good flush of the black water tank? I suspect that not all of the waste water is dumped.
Thank you, this video was a tremendous helpl!!!!!!!!!!
An awesome to the point video! Thanks a ton from Kansas City!
I just wanted to mention the low point drains. There is a cold & hot water valve located somewhere on the floor or sub floor. You should open both valves and drain them. When I winterize I drain the hot water tank first, then I open the low point drains, then open all the faucets. I find doing this saves some the antifreeze. I'm not sure if every RV has the low point drains, But it's well worth looking into. Under my sink is a Culligan water filter. I remove my water filter (if it still has some use on it) and I replace it with a plastic bottle of water. This is to take up some space so I use less antifreeze. Once I pump the antifreeze through every water line in the rv, I remove the water filter housing and remove the bottle of water. It may sound a bit much to do it this way, but everyone has their own ideas… I live in Oklahoma, and at times we do have some freezing weather, and I have not had one line to freeze yet. Anyway, My point here was, Check for the low point water line valves, and drain those as well… Oh! And if you have a washer in your rv, drain those water lines as well…… Happy RV'ing Everyone
Great video Pete !!!!!Saved me $200 !
Why can't I pour antifreeze in the fresh water tank, instead of using a water pump conversion kit?
Hi – how do you know how much anti freeze to run through the system. Once you see pink everywhere do you remove the items from the water pump (the antifreeze hose used to pump the anti freeze to the pume)?
Hi. When you are done emptying the water heater tank outside do you put the plastic cap back on before going inside and putting antifreeze in the water pump.
Hi. Do you have a de-winterization video?