Jayco Redhawk 2017 - Winterizing Your Coach; Introduction

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Int r odu c t i on
P r epa ri ng y ou r m oto r ho m e fo r c o l d -w eathe r is v e ry im po r tant.
F a il u r e to p r epa r e y ou m oto r ho m e c an c au s e w ate r i n the c oa c h
to f r ee z e.
T he m oto r ho m e s hou l d be wi nte riz ed at the end of the c a m p i ng
s ea s on o r w hen the m oto r ho m e will be e x po s ed to
te m pe r atu r e s that will fa ll at o r be l o w 32 °F 0 °C . R epa irs due to
f r ee zi ng a r e not c o v e r ed b y w a rr ant y . T he p r efe rr ed m ethod is
to wi nte riz e the p l u m b i ng sys te m wi th m oto r ho m e ant i f r ee z e.
W ate r i n a ll the s e l o c at i on s need to be add r e ss ed fo r c o m p l ete
wi nte riz at i on.
• Fr e s h w ate r tan k
• Inte r na l hot and c o l d w ate r li ne s
• Inte r na l and e x te r na l fau c et s / s ho w e rs
• H ot w ate r tan k
• S i n k and s ho w e r P - t r ap s
• B l a ck and g r a y w ate r tan ks
N o c o mm od i t y o r p r odu c t s hou l d be added to the f r e s h w ate r
sys te m to en s u r e f r ee z e p r ote c t i on othe r than R V ant i f r ee z e.
N O T E
T he p r efe rr ed m ethod of wi nte rizi ng y ou r m oto r ho m e is
de scri bed i n th is Gu i de. T h is m ethod i nt r odu c e s R V s pe ci f ic
ant i f r ee z e i nto the p l u m b i ng sys te m .
Anothe r m ethod that s o m e peop l e u s e to wi nte riz e the ir
m oto r ho m e is to b l o w out a ll the w ate r i n the p l u m b i ng sys te m
b y u si ng c o m p r e ss ed a ir . W h il e th is is not c o v e r ed i n th is
Gu i de, i t s hou l d be po i nted out that app lyi ng a ir p r e ss u r e to the
w ate r sys te m s hou l d ne v e r be done wi thout f irs t open i ng at
l ea s t one H ot and one C o l d w ate r fau c et o r Lo w Po i nt Dr a i n
v a lv e. A ir p r e ss u r e app li ed to a cl o s ed v a lv e sys te m , c ou l d
potent i a lly da m age the s ea ls and c au s e w ate r l ea ks .