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Procedures in putting coach on winter storage

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Edward Buker:
I would doubt that your coach would ever freeze under those storage conditions. If you consider something like this unit and as some of the colder days in December occur you could stop by the coach and check out the data. This temperature recorder you would keep in the bay. If you set it to record 3 times a day at 8hr intervals you would be able to have a months worth of data available. If the cold spells in December look like a non issue then you can make a conscious decison about not winterizing for January and Febuary.

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Later Ed

Keith Cooper:
In our 2000 Beaver the furnace and  water heater are seperate. Hurricane Furnace and Seward water heater. Once the water is drained from the tanks I pressurize the lines and  open each of valves to remove as much water as possible. Once that is done antifreeze is pumped into the water lines and each valve is opened again to insure antifreeze is flowing from each faucet for both the hot and cold lines. This also insures there is antfreeze in the drain traps. With the ice maker, the filter is removed, and a straight line is inserted to pass antifreeze to the  ice maker. I previously negleted to mention the ice maker filter is installed with quick connects to simplify the process. If you are not comfortable with doing the kit installations Apalachee or Camping World are both willing and able to set up your coach. In fact Apalachee makes flyers available every fall on the do it yourself winterization process

Edward Buker:
In the Mobile area we do get some of the big highs that come down from Canada during January and Febuary timeframe that can give us some nghts in the low 20s. We have even rarely seen the teens briefly. I do not winterize my coach. It is kept outside but I have a 30 amp hookup and will leave the electric element in the Aqua Hot on with the inside temps set to about 50 on cold nights. If it is going below 25 I will also leave the burner back up on. We probably run the heat for a dozen nights over the winter here, but it depends on the winter, it could be more.

Later Ed

Steve Huber:
Richard,
Couple of other tips you may already be aware of; Fill your tank and add the requisite amount of Stabil for diesel. Preferably add the Stabil when you fill up so it will get to the fuel system components as you drive. Since you will be in a garage, raise all the window blinds. This will keep dust from accumulating on them. I have mini blinds and it really helps.
Steve

Richard Cooper:
Do I really need stabil since I'm only going to park it for 3 months?  I'll be cranking it up every month too.  Maybe even driving around some.

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